I am foiled Clint, what a contemptuous pulp.

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2019)

Indeed, I admire Eastwood, I admire his style and the receptive subjects cuts his teeth on, wether its tackling the affair of class and gender issues in sports (Million Dollar Baby), or humanising the often marred Japanese soldiers who served in WII (Letters from Iwo Jima), exposing the pernicious foundation the western genre relies much of its appeal on (Unforgiven), or addressing the crooked early 20th century criminal justice system (Der fremde Sohn). So what happened?
I think a large part of the reason this film felt like such cold utility is its inability to address Weapons of Mass Destruction and George Bush, meaning the constant beating around the bush this film specialises in seems to imply the invasion of Iraq was a just response to 9/11.
in the film there is no sub-narrative or extra time spent discussing the American Invasion and Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) fighting in Al Qaeda, which once again gives the impression that the Iraq War was contrary to Al Qaeda at the Outset, accidentally stating that America had invaded Iraq because it had developed into a focal point of Al Qaeda applications. in reality, Al Qaeda and Iraq cultivated outside of the American Invasion.
This review was extremely rushed, but I hope it allowed just a bit of insight into my viewing experience. And thank you to Vox for allowing me to check some of my facts. The film was made with good intentions, but it got a bit too attracted and in the end tangled in Chris Kyle's beliefs. All that, and, oh yeah, the fake baby.