Xenophobic!

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2015)

As much as I have enjoyed Eastwood's earlier work, American Sniper I believe is his weakest so far. The story is flawed from the very beginning.
A true story about a Texan wannabe cowboy, Kyle, who after witnessing 9/11 decides to join SEAL and kill bad guys in Iraq! WHAT?!? Iraq which has nothing to do with 9/11? Or did he just assume that since "all Muslims are terrorist" what difference does it make if i kill them in Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya? Well, the buck doesn't stop here - and this is where i am assuming Eastwood took the liberty of giving the sniper competition between kyle and his rival arch enemy the maximum amount of screen time making it almost the main plot. Which does build some amount of tension but soon dissipates within a new york minute with a one-inch-punchy climax.
Cant even begin to talk about kyle's relationship with his wife and children because it is so amateurishly executed unable to fully express his dilemma before and after the war. Cooper did make a genuine effort, his accent being the most convincing.