Films

• America/2008/131min.
• Director:Kathryn Bigelow

Sergeant First Class William James joins an elite bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad as its new leader. He is a replacement for a long-standing member of the team who was recently killed by an improvised explosive device. While other members of the unit can hardly wait to go back to civilian life, James appears to relish the “thrill” and even unnecessarily puts his life at risk. Set in the post-invasion Iraq and shot in Jordan, Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed war film “The Hurt Locker” that depicts war as a lethal addiction is a spellbinding human drama.