"The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for WAR IS A DRUG..." - Chris Hedges. War is the Force That Gives Us Meanning. 2002.
The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war film about a three-man Explosive Ordnance Disposal (bomb disposal) team during the Iraq War.
The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq.
Because the film was not released in the United States until 2009, it was eligible for the 82nd Academy Awards, where it was nominated for nine Academy Awards. It won six Oscars, including Best Director for Bigelow (the first woman to win this award) and Best Picture. Boal won for Best Original Screenplay.
The Hurt Locker earned numerous awards and honors from critics' organizations, festivals and groups, including six BAFTA Awards. However, it also received criticism by some in the military for various inaccuracies.
