The Hurt Locker Film Analysis

“The Hurt Locker,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, is about an American bomb unit during the Iraq war. This movie stands out to me because it is realistic and makes me feel as if I am the fourth person in the humvee. The first scene, the audience is introduced to the unit and the dangerous environment they are in. Three soldiers led by Sergeant Thompson are investigating a bomb. While Thomson looks at the bomb first hand, a secret bystander activates the bomb, and kills Thomson. This is the first plot point because we lose the leader of the unit, and therefore change how the unit is as a whole.
In the second scene, we meet the new leader for the unit, Sergeant James. The first time we meet James, he is blasting rock