Bradley Cooper is a good actor.

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2015)

Just watched this movie last night and I have mixed reaction to it. The acting (especially Bradley Cooper) is very good, the direction is OK especially coming from a 84 year old Clint Eastwood, but the storyline is average. A soldier killing many people and than getting upset when he returns who then keeps on going back to kill even more people. At some point it seems like they are trying to justify killing children in a very roundabout fashion. Some bits of this story are a little far fetched, the main characters seems to be dealing with his inner demons after killing so many people, family issues and a cat and mouse game with the "Iraqi Sniper" he is hunting.
I mean I don't know, I was expecting this film to be a army/SEAL recruitment video but it covers areas that would not go down for recruitment. It hits some harsh truths that the US soldiers have to face, it does not condone the wars or support them, it sitting somewhere on the fence. Everyone would take something else away from this, but it seems this film was made for Americans not the world.
Not to take anything away from Chris Kyle but it has recently come to light that he did like telling tales, not sure what you can or can not believe. At the end of the day it seems it is supposed to strengthen support for US Army (mis)adventures all around the globe without asking too many questions.