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.
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Is there a specific name for the kind of war film that just vaguely follows people around without much of a plot otherwise? This is a reasonable enough entry into that genre, whatever it’s called.
I really like the depth of the main characters, especially Jeremy Renner’s Sgt James, but it does put how flat and disposable everyone else is into sharp relief.
Similarly there’s a lot of detail in the visuals and audio, but almost none in the logistics/operations. They just kind of bumble around with main character energy and do their own thing, and no-one seems to care.
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