

Enemy snipers kill three of the mercenaries, including their leader. The group comes under fire when the prisoners attempt to escape in the confusion, the leader of the mercenaries shoots them, as they are valuable dead or alive. They have captured two prisoners featured on the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. James's team has a tense encounter with their leader, who reveals they are private military contractors and British mercenaries. Returning to Camp Victory in their Humvee, the team encounters five armed men in traditional Arab garb and casual attire standing near a Ford Excursion, which has a flat tire. Nothing is done, and tensions continue to increase. Sanborn openly contemplates killing him by "accidentally" triggering the explosives, making Eldridge uncomfortable. When they are assigned to destroy explosives, James returns to the detonation site to pick up his gloves. Sanborn and Eldridge consider James's maverick disposal methods and attitude reckless, raising tensions. James challenges him to a game of football and takes a liking to him. James is often approached by an Iraqi youth nicknamed "Beckham", attempting to sell DVDs.

He replaces Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson, who was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baghdad. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit in the Iraq War. In 2004, Sergeant First Class William James arrives as the new team leader of a U.S.

It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.
