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>> the central character is played by jeremy renner. >> uri wild man, a risk taker, a man addicted to>> 833. >> i do a lot more with being at the center of something and not really having much else. when your life becomes your job, [unintelligible] >> aso of americans have touched on the war in iraq -- a slew of american filmmakers have touched on the war in iraq. film critics concur this picture is not the same as other iraq films. >> it is not afraid to let the audience bring its own viewpoints to the movie. all of the other films about the war have come at you with their attitudes, be they judgmental or emotional. >> most of the iraqis in the film are plot devices, not fully drawn characters. >> the film is not about iraqis. it is not even about the iraq war. it is about these three guys journey and the life-and-death situations they live in every day. >> much more any time you wanted on www.bbcworldnews.com. thanks very much for being with us. >> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. [ funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new yo

. >> jeremy renner, hotshot bomb defuser.earless. >> what's the best way to go about disarming one of these things? >> the way you and i, sir. >> think about what wire to cut, one slip of the snip, and it's a shortcut to eternity. >> that wasn't so bad first time working to the. >> renner is a fusion of daring and bravado in a prodigious performance. >> this locker is full of stuff that almost killed me. >> what about this one? >> my wedding ring. like i said, stuff that almost killed me. >> and this movie is no view from afar. you're attached to these three. you know them. you're beside them. you're often beside yourself with anxiety. either on a treacherous rooftop, or in the street, or dodging death in the desert. >> got it! >> we're on the same side, guys. >> "the hurt locker" directed by kathryn bigelow and vividly written by mark bohl, who was there, is a superlative movie. a movie i will remember. and remember. >> that was good. >> and that's the critic's corner of "the hurt locker" for today. >> up next, from a great