Interesting story, engaging scenario, well shot movie. Bradley Cooper shines, pretty much as always. It is well worth to watch this movie. From time to time it gets a bit rough, if you are sensitive , and have a gentle heart it might be somewhat tough for you.

Recommended to watch ( Yes or No ): YES

Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle’s father teaches him how to hunt deer and shoot a rifle. Years later, Kyle is a rodeo cowboy when he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the U.S. Navy, where he is eventually accepted for SEAL training, becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL sniper.

Kyle meets Taya Renae at a bar, they marry, and he is sent to Iraq after the September 11 attacks of 2001. His first kills are of a woman and boy who attacked U.S. Marines with a grenade. Kyle is visibly upset by the experience, but earns the nickname “Legend” for his many kills. He is assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. During house-to-house searches in evacuated areas, Kyle interrogates a family and for $100,000 the father offers to lead the SEALs to “The Butcher”, second-in-command to al-Zarqawi, and whose favorite torture device is a drill. The plan goes awry when The Butcher captures the father and son and kills them while Kyle is pinned down by a sniper using an SVD. Meanwhile, the insurgents issue a bounty on Kyle.

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Produced by
Clint Eastwood
Robert Lorenz
Andrew Lazar
Bradley Cooper
Peter Morgan
Written by Jason Hall
Based on American Sniper
by Chris Kyle
Scott McEwen
Jim DeFelice
Starring
Bradley Cooper
Sienna Miller
Cinematography Tom Stern
Edited by
Joel Cox
Gary D. Roach
Production
company
Village Roadshow Pictures
Mad Chance Productions
22nd & Indiana Pictures
Malpaso Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
November 11, 2014 (AFI Fest)
December 25, 2014 (limited release)
January 16, 2015 (worldwide release)
Running time
132 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $58.8 million
Box office $361.3 million