The Hurt Locker

*THE HURT LOCKER, out at cinemas from Friday 28 August*
*Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, K-19: The Widowmaker)*

If Alfred Hitchcock was reincarnated for a punt at the war action genre, his finished product might play out like The Hurt Locker. This gritty 'war in Iraq' character study is loaded with enough suspense to keep a selection of horror flicks happy. And it's not bogged down with a load of political comment either, preferring to zoom right in on the action for an exciting, nervy and 'kickass' action flick.

Jeremy Renner heads up an ELITE BOMB SQUAD UNIT on duty in Iraq. There's no discernable plot as such - just a group of soldiers going about their ultimo-risk duty in unbearable 40+ degree heat, with anyone or everyone suspected of HOSTILE intentions. Critics have been bigging this up as a 'war masterpiece'. Check out our exclusive clip below and consider the rest of the action unfolds in this vein. That's proper fist-chewy menace, chaps.

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