Bradley Cooper shoots it up in this missed opportunity that is completely underwhelming

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2016)

Chris Kyle is the most famed sniper in U.S. military history. He killed nearly 160 enemy soldiers during the war in Iraq, documenting himself in his book "American Sniper." Now Clint Eastwood directs Bradley Cooper to portray Chris Kyle as the diligent soldier who slayed those who tried to harm him. Demonstrating the effects the war had on Kyle, Bradley Cooper gives a solid performance in this underwhelming war film that fails to be thoughtful or interesting for one second. Sure, Eastwood films a couple of intense war scenes, but he does a terrible job of showing what the war was really like. Eastwood uses the PSTD cliché like almost every other war film, which shows the lack of originality this film, has. Perhaps why it is so bad is because Chris Kyle just wasn't a good writer. After all, the film was adapted by Jason Hall. The script is yet another cliché, giving regurgitated dialogue to undeveloped characters. Bradley Cooper seems irritated throughout the whole film, tired of being in the same type of scene for two hours without anything interesting or profound to say or do. The biggest head-scratcher is that Chris Kyle is only seen using a sniper a couple of times throughout the film, but uses a semi-automatic assault rifle constantly. Not really a sniper after all. The ridiculous controversy surrounding this film is pathetic as well, but the real issue is that "American Sniper" fails to do anything unique or astounding given the strong source available to create a good story.