When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat, behaving as if he's indifferent to death.
As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. He's a bomb disposal expert sent to replace Sgt. Matt Thompson, a long-standing member of the team recently killed while disposing of an improvised explosive device.
To say that James loves what he does doesn't quite capture the emotional high he experiences when he gets to do what he does best. His fellow squad members Sgt. JT Sanborn and Spc.
Owen Eldridge just want to survive the few days of duty they have left, but James' risk-taking drives them all to the edge. James, the new tech team leader, arrives on the scene when Bravo Company has just thirty-nine days left on its current deployment.
But the film's admirers don't include those who actually do the job - defusing or destroying makeshift bombs. Canadian explosive ordinance disposal EOD soldiers in Kandahar, one of Afghanistan's most volatile and bomb-laden provinces, say their life is no Hurt Locker.
Like, this is ridiculous. The Canadians, for example, think Guy Pearce's character - killed early on while wearing the heavy bomb suit and running from an explosion - shouldn't actually have died. I was surprised he died," said Leading Seaman Doug Woodrow, a year Forces veteran who has donned the suit himself. In one scene, the boys get into a sniper fight alongside some mercenaries. Sniper and EOD skills are not typically offered as a joint course, nor are bomb experts expected to clear massive industrial buildings on their own, as Sgt.
James and his team do. Can I have their job? Pollock says, laughing. I don't think it was accurate of what EOD operators do.
In a scene used on the movie poster, Staff Sgt. James picks up a "daisy chain" of wires and pulls about eight shells from the ground.
Kathryn Bigelow. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat, behaving as if he's indifferent to death.
As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. You'll know when you're in it. Rated R for war violence and language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Filmed in the country of Jordan. Access was denied for a week of filming at a U. Military Base in Kuwait. Goofs One character says an Iraqi with a video camera is preparing a clip for YouTube.
The scene takes place in YouTube was created in Crazy credits There are no opening credits, not even a title. Connections Edited into De wereld draait door: Episode 5. User reviews 1K Review. Top review. An engrossing film that takes one's breath away. Here we have one of the best films of the last decade. A war film that succeeds in showing what it's like to be in the armed forces nowadays.
It was directed be the underrated Kathryn Bigelow. The focus is on American soldiers in the Iraq war. But it's not about them being involved in assaults or shootouts. Instead we're shown the lives of a bomb squad. He provides an excellent performance.
So do Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty as his partners. They really do act like real soldiers.
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