Very Well Acted Propaganda Film

Rating: 7/10 (15 February 2015)

Cooper plays a misguided simpleton with anger issues who runs off and joins the military to kill terrorists because he saw 9/11 on the tayvay, and he plays it very, very well. Killing terrorists and protecting 'murica gives him a purpose in life and renders him just as useless to society as he was prior to his legendary sniper status. I'm not really sure what Mr. Eastwood's angle was here, but judging from the fact that it's based on an actual memoir, the general feeling of manipulation as the viewer, and my usual ability to spot propaganda from a mile away, I can probably guess. Had it not been for all of that, I probably would've given it a higher rating, but Bradley Cooper earns this film seven stars on his own.