Staff Sergeant William James: [Speaking to his son] You love playing with that. You love playing with all your stuffed animals. You love your mommy, your daddy, your nature pajamas. You love everything, don't ya? Yeah. But you know what, buddy? As you get older… some of the things that you love might not seem so special anymore, you know? Like your Jack-in-a-Box. Maybe you'll realize it's just a piece of tin and a stuffed animal, but the older you get, the fewer things you really love, and by the time you get to my age, maybe it's only one or two things. With me, I think it's one.

The Hurt Locker är en spännande film som följer en bombröjningsgrupp i Irak med en ny överordnad, James, spelad av Jeremy Renner. Hans dödsförakt förvånar till en början hans underordnade, men när staden förfaller in i anarki visar han sitt sanna ansikte. Andra skådespelare inkluderar Anthony Mackie och Brian Geraghty.