The rising tensions between the new guy and his squad are strained until William reveals his emotional side and respectable working ethics.

"The Hurt Locker" emerged with a macho swagger. The ferocious setting, tough characters and explosive scenes are tightly woven to make you believe this is a movie made exclusively for men, by men. So it may have wowed academy voters to learn that it was a female director who produced this astounding war flick.

What takes the movie one step further is that it succeeds in getting inside of the men\'s heads while scanning their hidden sentiments. When watching Sergeant William abandon the easy life at home to return to the war zone, you are given a greater understanding of their predicament and are able to grasp a better insight into the opening quote "war is a drug".

Bigelow leaves out any controversy regarding the legitimacy of the men\'s presence in Iraq. We only see the frightened, threatening, sometimes villainous faces of the locals in the film, which serves to somehow highlight the American military\'s role as \'guests\' and glorifies their work.

Finally, the U.S.-style heroism once again takes precedence and pushes the movie\'s anti-war sentiment to a hypercritical grounding.

The message is that when all is said and done, fighting in a war is a job for these men, and they are merely trying to make a living.

On a scale of one to ten, I give this movie a seven.

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