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The Hurt Locker

2008 · War · Kathryn Bigelow · 2h 11m

A bomb disposal team in Iraq gets a new sergeant who takes risks the other two cannot stand, with a month left on their tour. Built one defusal at a time, each one long and tense.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Clearly heavy

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