best war film 2015

Rating: 9/10 (4 March 2015)

An intense, powerful portrayal of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), the most lethal sniper in U.S. history, and his tours in Iraq as he struggles to keep his relationship afloat with his wife (Sienna Miller) back home! Cooper's performance is totally precise. The gradations he and Eastwood have chosen to show - of Kyle's character, personality and disease - are perfectly graded ... and if that isn't exactly the man Chris Kyle was, it's an indelible movie character. The film is not, by any fair measure, a battle hymn or a call to arms. As with The Hurt Locker the film's intent is to engender respect for those doing the fighting, not to justify the reasons for the fighting. American Sniper is pro-warrior, not pro-war. Here I want to say thanks to Chris! thanks for American sniper com