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The Hurt Locker (2008)

Where The Hurt Locker says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The war is set in Iraq, but almost all of it was shot in Jordan, within a few miles of the border.

Scenes and places

The opening street bomb (2004)

Bravo Company's bomb squad sends a robot toward an IED, but the wagon carrying the trigger charge breaks. The team leader has to place the charge by hand.

Set in A street in Iraq — An Iraqi street where Bravo Company's team faces an improvised explosive device.

The story sets this in Iraq in the second year of the war; the film names no exact street.

A new team leader and a car bomb (2004)

Sergeant First Class William James takes over the team and clashes with Sanborn: he defuses devices by hand and says nothing of his plans. At a car bomb he takes off his headset and ignores Sanborn's protests.

Set in Bomb sites around the base — Bomb sites in Iraq where Sergeant First Class James works by hand and keeps his plans to himself.

Smoke grenades, a 9-volt battery and a car bomb set the team's tension.

The desert standoff with the contractors (2004)

Returning to base, the team meets five armed men by an SUV with a flat tire; after a tense moment they turn out to be British private military contractors. While the tire is fixed, sniper fire starts and James and Sanborn take over the counter-sniping.

Set in Desert road near the base — A desert road in Iraq where the team meets armed men beside a stranded SUV.

Open desert near the Iraqi border is the only kind of place the production sources name for the desert scenes.

The warehouse and the DVD boy (2004)

During a raid on a warehouse, James finds a body bomb he believes is the boy Beckham, who sells DVDs outside the base. In the evacuation the camp psychiatrist is killed and Eldridge is badly shaken.

Set in Warehouse and market — A warehouse in Iraq, near where the boy Beckham sells DVDs and plays soccer outside the base.

Beckham, the DVD seller who plays soccer outside base, is the human face of this part of the story.

A night trip to the wrong house (2004)

James sneaks off base and makes Beckham's apparent associate take him to Beckham's home. He is left at the house of an unrelated Iraqi professor and has to flee.

Set in The Iraqi professor's house — The home of an Iraqi professor who has nothing to do with Beckham.

The house belongs to a professor unconnected to the story's other characters.

The tanker truck and the chase (2004)

Called to a tanker truck detonation, James decides to hunt for the insurgents nearby. Sanborn protests but follows, and when the group splits up, Eldridge is captured.

Set in Tanker site and the area around it — The site of a tanker truck detonation and the ground nearby where James pursues the people responsible.

A burning tanker is the starting point of the film's longest chase.

Back home in the United States (2004)

After Bravo Company's rotation ends, James goes home to his ex-wife Connie and their infant son.

Set in James's home in the United States — A family home and a supermarket in the United States where James lives with his ex-wife Connie and their infant son.

The only scenes with a separate, sourced shooting place: the US home scenes were filmed in Vancouver, Canada.

Filmed at Vancouver, Canada — Per German Wikipedia, the scenes set in the American home were filmed in Vancouver; no exact address is given.

How to get there:

Filmed at Amman, Jordan — Iraq scenes (which scene is not stated)

Filmed at Madaba, Jordan — Iraq scenes (which scene is not stated)

Filmed at Zarqa, Jordan — Iraq scenes (which scene is not stated)

Characters

• Sergeant First Class William James — The bomb squad's new team leader, who prefers to defuse devices by hand and keeps his plans to himself.
• Sergeant J. T. Sanborn — A team member who often clashes with James over his methods.
• Specialist Owen Eldridge — A young specialist on the team, shaken by what he sees and does.

Questions answered on the map

• The Hurt Locker is set in Iraq. Where was it really filmed?