Movies/DVDs: The Hurt Locker

This movie is about a veteran American soldier who rotates into and out of, and back again into Iraq. He's a combat soldier, a warrior. His specialization is disarming, defusing "roadside bombs" (IEDs ?). It has a strong narrative line in the action film-genre. But more than a story with a heavy action theme, it is also a study of the mindset and emotional structure of the lead characrter's personality; the movie is about his addiction to a task that involves constant endangerment and potential self-sacrifice. Colour, 5.1 Dolby Digital, 130 minutes (Maple Pictures, 2008).