Sniper Fire

Bulls-eye precision

If you should compare this movie called American Sniper to the classic, Enemy at the Gates, the former pales in comparison.Nothing beats the cat and mouse fight between sharp-shooters Jude Law and Ed Harris!

However, after a second review of the movie especially with good English subtitles, Clint Eastwood's treatment of this movie chronicling 4 tours of duty of Chris Kyle in Fallujah  has its good moments. Though Eastwood tends to be overtly melodramatic,carrying on from such movies such as The Unforgiven  to Million Dollar Baby, American Sniper does not  differ too much from the Eastwood mould-dry,draggy and tending towards dry realism almost resembling a pseudo documentary. There is still too much details amidst the bloody gore and violence.

Starring in the main role as the protagonist Chris Kyle,  a Navy Seal sharpshooter is Bradly Cooper and Sienna Miller as his lonely wife who enjoyed only 3 days of her honeymoon before Chris was whisked off to Iraq. Sadly, she was 'put on hold' and  had nothing to look for in life except to bear his 3 children and to await his safe return from his missions.

The Speed of a Bullet

Though it is a long movie, it does provide ample excitement especially in the final minutes of the conflict in Fallujah against a background of a raging sandstorm and gun fire.

This movie may appeal to war aficionados, but I feel that American Sniper may be closer to the American audience and may yet garner a fistful of Oscars this time around.

Eye Candy for the movie

In real life, after his heroics in Iraq, Kyle was murdered by a war veteran.