The Hurt Locker (2008)

The Hurt Locker rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 496K votes

Rotten Tomatoes96%

Metacritic95%

TMDb7.252/10· 6K votes

With 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 95/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Hurt Locker

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Cast of The Hurt Locker

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  Jeremy Renner

  as Staff Sergeant William James

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  Anthony Mackie

  as Sergeant JT Sanborn

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  Brian Geraghty

  as Specialist Owen Eldridge

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  David Morse

  as Colonel Reed

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  Guy Pearce

  as Sergeant Matt Thompson

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  Evangeline Lilly

  as Connie James

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  Ralph Fiennes

  as Contractor Team Leader

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  Christian Camargo

  as Colonel John Cambridge

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  Christopher Sayegh

  as Beckham

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  David Gueriera

  as First Sergeant

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  Nabil Koni

  as Professor Nabil

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  Sam Spruell

  as Contractor Charlie

The Hurt Locker facts

Budget

$15M

Box office

$49.3M

Our take on The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war thriller follows a US Army bomb-disposal sergeant during the Iraq War whose reckless, maverick approach to defusing explosives sets him against his more cautious squad mates. Rather than sweeping combat, the film locks onto the unbearable tension of the job itself, each device a self-contained agony of nerves where one wrong move ends everything. It's a lean, immersive study of danger as a way of life and the toll it exacts on the men who chase it. Expect gripping, close-quarters suspense and a psychologically probing portrait of addiction to risk. It suits viewers who want intense, character-driven war cinema over conventional action heroics.