Right on!

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2015)

"American Sniper" sure hits with surefire accuracy in many cinematic categories. Clint Eastwood's picture depicts the story of real life NAVY Seals Sniper Chris Kyle; Eastwood does deliver the good, the bad, and the ugly about patriotic duty and gritty warfare in the movie. Kyle was called the "legend", as Eastwood himself is and Clint has directed another solid offering in the twilight of his career. Now, "American Sniper" is not a a perfect movie; Jason Hall's academy award nominated screenplay was a bit overrated and it did have its sporadic misses with one too many formulaic lines in a war picture. Bradley Cooper was mesmerizing as Kyle and is worthy of his Best Actor Oscar nomination. Sienna Miller showed yet again this year that it's "Miller" time with her impressive work as Kyle's wife Taya; Sienna fit the right "taya" for her role. So your tour of duty in the next few days is to target on to "American Sniper". **** Good