Hymn to Fire Weapons

Rating: 6/10 (1 March 2015)

No matter how many words I will try to find for this review, they are already outnumbered by the bullets in this movie. A requiem for an unknown soldier, who was famous for shooting countless men. men which are to be considered as the enemy, and therefore not questionable. Basically this movie succeeds in drawing a highly contrasted black and white world, where good is good and evil is evil. You won't become much headache for watching this film. Beyond its wishful thinking, I would not doubt, that anyone participating in any war is victim to PTSD, what does give me some headache. However, this wasn't subject to this movie. as questionable as the director Clint Eastwood could have been, American sniper goes astray from what could have made this film a good one. It is too shallow, too gentle, apparently double-pro-American and harmless. What Client Eastwood made was a movie giving you a traditional view on topics of today. A global confrontation of indignities and violence, which best is used a exciting scenario. No rules, no questions, just survive. Funny however, as Client Eastwood was the director, and I always thought this guy is an actor, living a fulfilled live, and not a hymn composer, trying to present us his collection of "gun men never die" stories. It must be hard for him, balancing himself from movie to movie, and live up only for those two hours.