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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Rightly attracting major awards attention, The Hurt Locker is a supreme, tense and gripping piece of drama. And it grabs your attention from the stunning opening scene, which perfectly gets across the dangers faced by the specialist bomb disposal squad that we spend the rest of the film following. Chief among them is Jeremy Renner’s Sergeant William James, who is the focal point for much of The Hurt Locker. The film spends some time digging into his head and why he does what he does, and his approach doesn’t always leave him eye-to-eye with the rest of his squad. Renner, in surely a star-making performance, delivers a rounded, three-dimensional portrayal of a man you could easily write off as a maverick, and the film is significantly enriched as a result. But then with director Kathryn Bigelow behind the camera delivering her best film to date, The Hurt Locker excels still further. Her gritty, haunting visuals look superb in high definition too, evoking the down-to-earth shooting style Bigelow employs, and making the most of the assorted set-pieces she puts on film. It’s the sound that really gets you too, cleverly eating up the full breadth of a good surround-sound set-up, and carefully teasing you more and more into the film. Not that you’re likely to need much persuading. The Hurt Locker is a terrific war movie, and a very human one. It’s also packaged on a quality Blu-ray that matches up strong presentation with interesting extra feature. It comes very highly recommended. --Jon Foster
Great War Movie 
"The Hurt Locker" is an impressive war film filled with tension and drama. It is set in present day Iraq and follows the fortunes of a US bomb disposal squad who have to deal with roadside and suicide bombs in Baghdad , while being constantly on the watch for snipers and other terrorist activity. Many of the scenes are electric , especially those featuring an extremely brave and some would say foolhardy alpha male technician who thrives on the adrenalin of living in the shadow of death, often to the chagrin of other members of his team who treasure their mortality more. I was not a supporter of the Iraq war and I thought that it would have been more honest if the US and it's allies had just said they wanted to get rid of Saddam Hussein rather than invent a bogus threat of "weapons of mass destruction" to justify the war. That said one can only admire the warriors who are portrayed in this gripping film as they put their lives at risk in the call of duty every day. I guess some people are just born to this kind of work.
hurt locker
I thought this was a good film apart from the bit where the team came across the Brit special forces and outshone them.
The Hurt Locker -Thrilling but unfulfilling
A brilliant, exciting film that is easy to follow and leaves you sweating. Unfortunately, there is very little to connect you to the main character and by the time the film ends you feel a certain sense of loss. And not in the way you should.
Poor service 
Poor service as goods did not arrive & email to suppiler advising was ignored.Now with claims dept of amazon
A superb film.
I saw The Hurt Locker when it was released at the cinema and immediately decided that I would be buying the bluray. And I'm glad I did! The film had periods that made me forget to breathe! The photography is exceptional (especially with the use of the high speed cameras for the slow motion footage) and the soundtrack does a great job of heightening the overall experience.
The bluray encode is impeccable, showing sharp detail and vibrant colours.
All in all, I think this is an excellent portrayal of the tensions and lifestyle that go hand in hand with being part of a bomb disposal unit in the Iraq conflict. Awesome.
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