Matthew Nichenko
Hurt Locker Film Critique
Possibly one of the greatest written Iraq war movies yet, The Hurt Locker, gives you a much greater look into the life style of the war outside of just the typical guns and fighting of war. The movie opens up with a quit stating that war like a drug. When I first read this I didn’t understand until the final scene of the movie when SSgt. Williams, who has disarmed 233 bombs is at home with his family only to tell them he is going back to Iraq after only a 3 week break. While in his son’s room, William tells his kid that while some people are addicted to toys, drugs, or money, he is addicted to war therefore explain that meaning of the opening quote of the movie, that war is addictive like a drug.
While I have never been in a war or let alone a fight, I think this movie does an incredible job as depicting the actual life of soldiers in Iraq today. There are characters that are scared like hell every day walking into the line of fire while there are those who it has just become like second hand nature to them and don’t care. It is amazing the psychological effects that war can put on a person and The Hurt Locker captures that emotion and releases it through every character throughout the movie.
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