True Story of an American Hero

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2015)

I saw "American Sniper", starring Bradley Cooper-The Hangover movies, Failure to Launch; Sienna Miller-G.I.Joe:The Rise of Cobra, Layer Cake; Luke Grimes-Taken 2, Brothers & Sisters_tv and Sam Jaeger-Eli Stone_tv, Behind Enemy Lines.
This movie is based on a true story about a Navy SEAL sniper, credited with being the deadliest sniper in US history, with over 160 confirmed kills. It's directed by Clint Eastwood. Bradley plays Chris Kyle, a native Texan, that grew up wanting to be nothing more than just a cowboy. Around the age of 30, he decided to do something to fight terrorists and joined the Navy SEALs, where he became a sniper-growing up, he was a good shot, so that kind of influenced him just a little bit. Before his first tour of duty, he meets and marries Sienna. He has a son before his second tour of duty and a daughter before his third tour. Sam plays a SEAL Lt. and Luke is another soldier. One of Bradley's fellow teammates reads comic books-the Punisher in particular-and so they decide to use the skull symbol on their shirts and equipment. There is an Iraqi sniper that is sort of a counterpart to Bradley and he kills lots of US soldiers and even tries killing Bradley on several occasions. By his fourth tour of duty, Bradley was getting a little PTSD-post traumatic stress disorder-which was to be expected after all he had been through. After getting some help for himself, he decided to help other vets that suffered from PTSD by visiting and talking with them-sometimes even taking them out and shooting targets. It is not shown on camera, but as the end credits start, you discover how he died in 2013 and the actual funeral procession is shown in Arlington, Texas. It's rated "R" for war violence-it is graphic-language and sexual references-no actual nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 12 minutes. I enjoyed it and would buy it on DVD.