Saw the trailers for this in the theater recently.

"The Hurt Locker" Trailer One

"The Hurt Locker" Trailer Two

Release date (North America): August 2009

This new movie looks promising. :wow:

Time magazine rates the movie a must see. Its about a US Army bomb disposal unit's exploits in Iraq.

Just saw the movie today. I liked it though I found one of the final action scenes more anticlimactic.

[SPOILERS FOLLOW]

I liked the scene where the EOD team come across some UK SAS commandos/UK Contractor mercs dressed in Hajji gear, and whom they have to fight alongside with to defend a position against some insurgent snipers.

While I realize that their having EOD for their MOS means they don't necessarily go into battle as a four man fire team as 11Bravos or other combat-related MOSes guys do, I still wonder why the EOD team was only composed of three men. And it also puzzles me why only one of the three men in the team was actually trained in EOD while the other two were mainly tasked with guarding and covering him.

And here's a funny, unforgettable quote from the movie:

MP Sentry(holding SSGT James on the ground): WTF were you doing out there?

SSGT James: I was in a wh*re house!

MP Sentry: I'll let you go if you promise to tell me where it is!

Will try to check that movie out