The
Hurt
Locker'
is a
riveting,
suspenseful
portrait
of
the
courage
under
fire
of
the
military's
unrecognized
heroes:
the
technicians
of a
bomb
squad
who
volunteer
to
challenge
the
odds
and
save
lives
doing
one
of
the
world's
most
dangerous
jobs.
Three
members
of
the
Army's
elite
Explosive
Ordnance
Disposal
(EOD)
squad
battle
insurgents
and
one
another
as
they
search
for
and
disarm
a
wave
of
roadside
bombs
on
the
streets
of
Baghdad--in
order
to
try
and
make
the
city
a
safer
place
for
Iraqis
and
Americans
alike.
Their
mission
is
clear--protect
and
save--but
it's
anything
but
easy,
as
the
margin
of
error
when
defusing
a
war-zone
bomb
is
zero.
This
thrilling
and
heart-pounding
look
at
the
psychology
of
bomb
technicians
and
the
effects
of
risk
and
danger
on
the
human
psyche
is a
fictional
tale
inspired
by
real
events
by
journalist
and
screenwriter
Mark
Boal,
who
was
embedded
with
a
special
bomb
unit
in
Iraq.
In
Iraq,
it
is
soldier
vernacular
to
speak
of
explosions
as
sending
you
to
"the
hurt
locker."
In
the
summer
of
2004,
Sergeant
J.T.
Sanborn
(Anthony
Mackie)
and
Specialist
Owen
Eldridge
(Brian
Geraghty)
of
Bravo
Company
are
at
the
volatile
center
of
the
war,
part
of a
small
counterforce
specifically
trained
to
handle
the
homemade
bombs,
or
Improvised
Explosive
Devices
(IEDs),
that
account
for
more
than
half
of
American
hostile
deaths
and
have
killed
thousands
of
Iraqis.
The
job,
a
high-pressure,
high-stakes
assignment,
which
soldiers
volunteer
for,
requires
a
calm
intelligence
that
leaves
no
room
for
mistakes,
as
they
learn
when
they
lose
their
team
leader
on a
routine
mission.
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