Gritty, realistic, exhausting....worth it

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2015)

This is not a movie. It's a film. And a very good one.
The global war against radical Islamic aggression is over 1400 years old, yet it's amazing how the media who control the message manage to make it look like a mere cultural misunderstanding or even, perversely, a justifiable angry response to "oppression". This film portrays not only the reality of combat in Iraq--particularly Fallujah--but how the non-radical Muslim population pays the price along with the American troops that serve to fight on our behalf.
The reviews panning the film based on the reviewers' political opinions are beyond disgusting. Their open contempt for America should be enough to make any fair-minded intelligent person disregard them as a barometer of the film's worthiness. I highly recommend seeing American Sniper. Not for its entertainment value. But because I believe everyone owes it to themselves to see what price American soldiers are willing to pay to keep the sword from our throats. And the price the peaceful indigenous population pays at the hands of Islamic terrorist savages.