This week we are defusing bombs with the EOD team, for episode twenty four of season five, of Flicks XRayed because we are watching and reviewing The Hurt Locker. Host, Bomb Tech Tony is joined by co-host SO Darcy and guests Bootleg DVD Seller Ryan, and Contract Bounty Hunter Taylor. This week we play a game of Release Year for War Movies, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted pretty princess crown. So tune in as we discuss at length about The Iraq War, Psychological Impacts of War, Blowing Things Up and sooo much more.
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Our Ratings
Contract Bounty Hunter Taylor 4
Bootleg DVD Seller Ryan 4
SO Darcy 5
Bomb Tech Tony 4.5
17.5/20 88%
Synopsis and Starring
Synopsis: Sergeant William James is tasked with training a bomb disposal team during the Iraq War. His ideologies and reckless approach towards the job gives rise to conflicts with his subordinates.
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Starring
Jeremy Renner as Staff Sergeant William James
Anthony Mackie as Sergeant JT Sanborn
Brian Geraghty as Specialist Owen Eldridge
Guy Pearce as Sergeant Matt Thompson
Ralph Fiennes as Contractor Team Leader
Evangeline Lilly as Connie James
Game 1
IMDB Synopsis of Hostage Movies
The Hurt Locker.……….2008
- Black Hawk Down.……….2001
- American Sniper.………. 2014
- Saving Private Ryan……….1998
- Schindler’s List.……….1995
- Patton.……….1970
- Fury……….2014
- The Pianist……….2002
- The Deer Hunter.……….1978
- Full Metal Jacket……….1987
- Inglourious Basterds……….2009
- The English Patient.……….1996
Game 2
The Figures
| Budget | $15,000,000 (estimated) |
| Domestic: | $17,017,811 |
| Foreign: | $32,212,961 |
| Bonus 1: Opening Weekend | $145,352 |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings Critic Ratings Audience Ratings | 97% 84% |
Game 3
The Awesome Lodge Word Game
Movies with Bomb Defusing – Taylor
- MacGruber
- Blown Away
- The Abyss
- Face Off
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
- The Peacemaker
- Die Hard With Vengeance
- Goldfinger
- The Shadow
2008 Box Office Topping Movies – Ryan
- Cloverfield
- The Dark Knight
- Tropic Thunder
- Twilight
- Eagle Eye
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua
- Hancock
- WALL – E
- Iron Man
- Sex and the City
Movies with Explosions – Taylor
- Speed
- Independence Day
- Apocalypse Now
- Demolition Man
- Mad Max Fury Road
- V for Vendetta
- The Matrix
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Fight Club
- Armageddon
Movies with Jeremy Renner – Ryan
- The Town
- Thor
- Wind River
- Tag
- Arrival
- American Hustle
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
- The Bourne Legacy
- 28 Weeks Later
- S.W.A.T
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