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Release Date: June 26th, 2009 (limited); July 24th (wide)

Running Time: 2 hrs. 7 min.

U.S. Box Office: $12,263,550

Rating: R for war violence and language

Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Christian Camargo

TVB Rank: 4.740 Critics Reviews: 9 out of 10

Boston Globe Screenwriter Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow have made a unique film about war. Wesley Morris

Chicago Sun-Times ...a spellbinding war film... Roger Ebert

Filmcritic.com ...pulverizing and madly suspenseful... Chris Cabin

Reelviews ...may be the first movie set against the backdrop of the Iraq War with absolutely no political agenda. James Berardinelli

San Francisco Chronicle On the day of its release, this one enters the pantheon of great American war films - and puts Kathryn Bigelow into the top tier of American directors. Mick LaSalle

USA Today Finally, Hollywood has made a great film about the Iraq War. Claudia Puig

Apple: The Hurt Locker Offers the trailer for the 2009 Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker, directed by KAthryn Bigelow, and featuring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Bryan Geraghty, and Evangeline Lilly.