If any of you have read my reviews in the past, you know
that I’m not fond of films that deal with war, the military, ultra-violence,
psychotics, etc. You get the idea. This film deals with an issue that hits
pretty close to home for me…PTSD.
Whether it was the Civil War or most recently dealing with ISIL, makes
no difference…the job of a soldier is to defend and protect and follow
orders. Chris Kyle, as portrayed by
Bradley Cooper, did just that. If you
saw the Hurt Locker or Ground Zero, or any one of the myriad of films that have
come before it, then you know that what you’re going to see is not a pretty
postcard picture of what life is like in any part of the world that’s
struggling politically. The person that
takes on this or any other job that requires they pit life against life, is not
going to come back from the experience, or in this case experiences,
unchanged. My criticism of this film
would be that we didn’t get a real opportunity to get to know Chris all that
much before he’s in a situation that he can’t opt out of. The film is very well cast and Bradley Cooper
is a standout as Chris. It must have
been extremely painful for his widow to see how close this was to what she
lived and hopefully, she has some happier memories to share with their
children. Rating: 3 Booyahs.
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