When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst the Iraq War, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. As the men struggle to control their new leader, the city explodes into chaos.

Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Oscar® for Best Director with this heart-pounding action-thriller. Turbo-charging its white-knuckle set pieces with a procedural attention to detail, The Hurt Locker examines the psychological toll of everyday heroics with electrifying urgency.