Before being airlifted for surgery, Eldridge angrily blames James for his injury. The following morning, James is approached by Beckham, alive and well, whom James ignores and walks by silently. James and Sanborn rescue him, but one of James' rounds hits Eldridge in the leg. After they split up, insurgents capture Eldridge. Sanborn protests, but when James begins a pursuit, he and Eldridge reluctantly follow. James breaks into an Iraqi professor's house, seeking revenge for Beckham, but his search reveals nothing.Ĭalled to a petrol tanker detonation, James decides to hunt for the insurgents responsible, guessing they are still nearby. During the evacuation, Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge, the camp's psychiatrist and a friend of Eldridge, is killed in an explosion Eldridge blames himself for his death. Sanborn and James borrow a gun to dispatch three attackers, while Eldridge kills a fourth.ĭuring a raid on a warehouse, James discovers a body he believes is Beckham, in which a bomb has been surgically implanted. Enemy snipers kill three of the mercenaries, including their leader. The group comes under fire when the prisoners attempt to escape in the confusion, the leader of the mercenaries shoots them, as they are valuable dead or alive. They have captured two prisoners featured on the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. James's team has a tense encounter with their leader, who reveals they are private military contractors and British mercenaries. Returning to Camp Victory in their Humvee, the team encounters five armed men in traditional Arab garb and casual attire standing near a Ford Excursion, which has a flat tire. Nothing is done, and tensions continue to increase. Sanborn openly contemplates killing him by 'accidentally' triggering the explosives, making Eldridge uncomfortable. When they are assigned to destroy explosives, James returns to the detonation site to pick up his gloves. Sanborn and Eldridge consider James's maverick disposal methods and attitude reckless, raising tensions.

James challenges him to a game of football and takes a liking to him. James is often approached by an Iraqi youth nicknamed 'Beckham', attempting to sell DVDs. He replaces Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson, who was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baghdad. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit in the Iraq War. In 2004, Sergeant First Class William James arrives as the new team leader of a U.S. 4.3 Distribution: Independent film print shortage.In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. The film grossed $49.2 million worldwide. It was the first Best Picture winner to have been directed by a woman. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The film earned acclaim from critics, who praised Bigelow's directing, Renner's performance, writing, editing, and action sequences. The Hurt Locker premiered at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival before it was released in the United States on June 26, 2009, by Summit Entertainment. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to write the screenplay. The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce.

The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.

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