The most lethal sniper in U.S. history.
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20267/10
This is based on the real life American SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) whose finely honed sniping skills see him take four tours to wartorn Iraq at the height of the tensions there, whilst trying to reconcile the fairly profound effects of the war on his psychology and on his family back at home. On that front, he is married to Taya (Sienna Miller) and by watching his increasingly perilous activities abroad and his struggles to adjust to life with her and their children when he returns each time, we get a powerful sense of the impact his job, and of his own childhod, is having on his mental stability. He's not a violent man, nor a drunken thug. Indeed, he is aware of the vacillations of his behaviour and also appreciates the equally torrid situation faced by Taya and his growing family as each trip leaves him more involuntarily distant and emotionally disconnected. Initially, I didn't think Cooper was the best choice here - he begins in just a little too lightweight a fashion, but thanks to some authentic looking recreations of their Iraqi scenarios we do get a gradually growing feeling for the dangers he and his squad face and he starts to exude something altogether more convinc
Read the whole review on TMDB - Nutshellon TMDB · Jul 20199/10
Eastwood directs this deeply moving film about navy seal Chris Kyle, adapted from his autobiography. A first rate production both in front of, and behind the camera, this movie has all the markings of a true classic.
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Cast
- Bradley CooperChris Kyle
- Sienna MillerTaya Renae Kyle
- Kyle GallnerGoat-Winston
- Cole KonisYoung Chris Kyle
- Ben ReedWayne Kyle
- Elise RobertsonDebbie Kyle
- Keir O'DonnellJeff Kyle
- Luke SunshineYoung Jeff Kyle
- Kevin LaczDauber
- Troy VincentPastor
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- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Jason HallWriter
- Tom SternDirector of Photography
- Joel CoxEditor
- Gary D. RoachEditor
- Clint EastwoodProducer
- Robert LorenzProducer
- Andrew LazarProducer
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