Landmark Century Centre Cinema
2828 N Clark St
773.509.4949
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The Hurt Locker
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July 10, 2009 – Sep 17, 2009
Daily
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- Price
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$10
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Famous for sensational thrillers like Point Break, filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow stakes a new claim as a serious-minded action auteur with The Hurt Locker, her new movie about a bomb-disposal squad in Iraq. True to her talents for delivering adrenaline, the scenes in which the team disarms roadside bombs are tense and gripping. Yet as action sequences go they're unerringly restrained, edited to heighten our awareness of the surrounding environment and the looming threat of detonation. The movie outshines previous cinematic efforts to address the war in its sensitivity to the psychological side of life in a combat zone: her characters are hooked on the rush, but internal contradictions and emotional costs start to show.
