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U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname "Legend". However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the SEAL creed to "leave no one behind." But upon returning to his wife, Taya Renae Kyle (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

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Such a great movie

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Chloe +x
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2018-01-27
So good

A story pulling every string

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Review123-
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2017-03-03
Great acting. Storyline pulls you in and drags you through the charecter's problems. Would watch this over and over again.

Very good, not as good as Hurt Locker

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fall_out_boy1
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2016-05-15
I thought it was a very good movie, although not as good as Hurt Locker. The story keeps you interested and although you know the outcome, I thought the end was tactfully done.

Disgusting

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ruffcider
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2016-04-17
Glorifying an illegal war. I hope some people question the ethics. Turns my stomach that people think killing anyone can be noble.

Stunning, painful, brilliant, heart wrenching

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Devons Daddy
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2016-01-01
The movie had equal accolades and neigh Sayers all equally correct. Amongst east woods work this ranks as his equal best, to most of his works..... Watch and decide.judge for yourself, a movie which deserves your time, your money, your download.
Genius, with the final moments making you wish to tear your heart out of your chest. As you sit in silence.
Nothing comes close

Enjoyed immensely

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Grumpy Steve
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2015-11-09
Absolutely a brilliant Film. What a hero!!!

Awesom

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Nickgixer
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2015-11-08
The best movie I have seen this year. What a tragic ending to a great man!

Breathtaking

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Juan Mata1
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2015-10-10
An absolute must watch. Acting is great, based on a true story and it doesn't flinch from showing the true realities of war. It actually makes you think what you would do if you were in that position. The reason I rate it so highly is because it doesn't shy away from showing what is happening in Iraq & Afghanistan and the atrocities are all laid bare. I highly recommend this blockbuster of a movie. 5 stars !

Utter Tripe

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thek9sbllx
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2015-10-10
Based (very loosely) on a wretched book, by a gloating psychopathic sniper, this poor excuse of a movie is like having a bath in a tub of cold sick. Avoid at all costs. Give your money to Help for Heroes instead.

Boring!

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Nddkdksjssnsnasnabab
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2015-10-02
Such an average film, not worth buying! Acting is poor!!!

Great Film

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Mullerbiker
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2015-09-30
This is a great film… a must see

Great film well worth the money

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DarrenP
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2015-09-23
Had wanted to watch this film for a long time so I booked my slot on the sofa paid the money and settled down to what would be one of the best films I have seen in a long long time...
Won't spoil the ending but it is sad

Boooooring

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Mossimoo
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2015-08-31
What a yawn! Who-rah!

Stimulating and gripping

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t1e2s3t
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2015-08-30
Very stimulating film. Please ignore all the negative comments. Judge for yourselves. Good to see this from the snipers perspective.

Brilliant

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Instantthinking
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2015-08-30
Clint Eastwood does it again - gritty, powerful, awesome - what a great film. Worth 5* all day long

Nothing special

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Qwertyzzzzzoooo
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2015-08-14
A true story but not really that exciting to watch, but got rid of some time on a long journey.

Brilliant

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Gary_C_UK
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2015-08-04
This film is brilliant, really good acting, good story, well shot, a must see

Shandy drinker

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Markofaman
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2015-08-03
Good film but overrated. If you drink shandy you will probably like the more.

Measured and excellent...

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Dphll977
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2015-07-25
Clint Eastwood does it again. This is an excellent rendition of life on the sharp end, when the only ones you can trust are those risking death as you are. And for those idiots on here questioning the right of an army to use snipers: The purpose of fighting any war is to win, so far as any soldier is concerned. Damn the peaceniks, the world is at war against an ideology. You appease it at your peril. Well worth watching. RIP, Chris.

Great

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Luke Mitch
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2015-07-25
This film really shows to people the reality of life. Even though he is called a legend and highly respected by his troops he can't recover from his past, Bradley cooper greatly portrayed the main role in this very touching topic.

God bless America!

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Roook
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2015-07-20
A truly wonderful film!

Pure propaganda - no sole

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I-think-therefore
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2015-07-19
I agree totally with earlier reviewers who who talked about American propaganda. No nuanced argument, no insights. Horribly biased. Eastwood’s unthinking right wing bias coming out again. Why does this sort of film keep getting made - the Hollywood money grabbers presumably. Unless unthinking violence is your thing, then don’t waste even the cost of renting.

Appalling

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...DF...
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2015-07-06
Distasteful, propagandist and, I have to say, dull film about a psychopathic monomaniac with no redeeming features. In two and a half long hours Bradley Cooper manages to go without any progression or change at all, bar some facial hair. No characters inspire or sympathy, respect, or belief in them as rounded human beings.
That the film skips from 11th Sept directly to Iraq is unforgivable, as is its support for Kyle’s jaundiced worldview of all brown folk as ‘savages’ in his Godlike crosshairs.
Rubbish.

Superb

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Mdkeynes
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2015-07-04
Excellent film

Brilliant

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Misssoilder
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2015-07-03
Best army flim I've ever seen the end was very sad tho but if I could I would give it 10 stars cuz it was that good

Excellent film

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Blamb60
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2015-06-30
This is the best film I have seen in a long time. So many films have great critical reviews in the press but turn out to be disappointing. This film exceeded my expectations. I am not usually a war movie fan, but I had to see this as I was intrigued by the the Bradley Cooper/Clint Eastwood combination, and the fact that it was based on a true story. The film is awesome; amazing direction; script and acting. This is not a gung ho piece of propaganda; it shows the full horror of war and how it affects soldiers and civilians. Chris Kyle saved hundreds of lives and should be celebrated as a true hero. Clint Eastwood defended the movie eloquently against critics who accused him of propaganda; he's right; it's a soldier's eye view of the war. I don't often watch war films and I'll probably never watch it again; as with Saving Private Ryan; but I felt I had to watch this film and am glad I did.

Brilliant

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IanoT
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2015-06-24
Great movie

Really good

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FilmCritic123
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2015-06-15
An enjoyable watch!

Boring

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Roy said
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2015-06-09
The original story may be of some minor interest but this film is soooooo boring. It just never gets started. There is no exitment, no depth, it's just a waste of time really.

Screw the haters

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Rajesh Gandhi
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2015-06-08
Oh American imperialism, biased film blah blah.
Whether the war was justified or not there is heroism in soldiers fighthing or their comarades.This is a gripping, well acted film.
A big f**k you to all the intolerant left wing fascist thugs who hate films which demonstrate anything apart from hollow nihilism. Go and whine about other people's efforts from your armchair.

Great movie

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LewisB69
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2015-06-07
Best movie I've ever seen , fantastic

Didn't like (sorry)

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ilford
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2015-06-06
I normally love films like this. But this was really flat all the way throughout. I know it's a true story and the bloke was probably amazing. But........... I didn't translate well into a film for me. Lots of people think otherwise hence the high ratings

Amazing film

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Big dog billy bob
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2015-06-05
I rented and wished I bought it.

Unintentionally hilarious propaganda!

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The Happy Space Invader
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2015-06-05
Like MCal27, I found this film left a bitter taste in the mouth. At first, I couldn’t tell whether it was deliberately satirising the stereotypical deluded religious American patriot ("God, Country, Family”…? Good grief!) and the appalling parenting that produced him… but after a while it became clear that this was genuine imperialist propaganda.
The good guys are presented as saints and the bad guys are presented as evil… simple as that…. no room for doubt. The uncomfortable truths of the US/Middle East situation are so obviously left out that it becomes unintentionally funny. I know that this is often a deal a filmmaker has to make in order to get access to genuine military equipment, but I’ve seen other films walk that line with a lot more confidence (e.g. Black Hawk Down).
The film switches back and forth between our sniper shooting at paper targets and "paper thin" human targets. There’s zero effort put into the development of his counterpart sniper, other than a mention that he is an olympic athlete. I kept asking myself, “What’s his story Is he doing it for the $180,000 reward? Is he doing it out of genuine patriotism for his country (like his american counterpart)? Is he doing it out of fear, intimidation? What is his name??”. The film never answers any of this… because the writers & director don’t care. These are all unequivocally bad guys, and therefore fair game to be lined up for a kill shot.
A story that made it slightly harder to decide whether your allegiances lay would have been far more interesting. The only point at which the film does this is when the sniper hesitates to shoot a child who’s about to pick up a rocket launcher… you’re either a professional killing machine, or you’re not - why the sudden sentimentality now? I suspect this moment was added to try and convince us this guy does actually have some semblance of a conscience. I was unconvinced… and suspect this was creative license on the part of the writers.
Watch this if you love to hear the expression “hooah!” (Heard Understood Acknowledged) at lot.
Avoid if you want anything that might challenge your little brain.

Lt.

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Special KNL
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2015-06-01
What a great movie… worth watching it again and again..

Propaganda

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phayden68
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2015-05-31
A well made film, but it is thinly veiled propaganda glorifying an illegal war. The constant referral to Iraqi people as 'savages' was disturbing as well as calling someone a 'legend' because he killed so many people.

Great Movie

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Mac7184
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2015-05-30
An amazing film telling the story of a real American Hero. Superbly shot and directed, Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller are outstanding.

Wonderful

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Limey729
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2015-05-27
Really enjoyed this movie! Sad, exciting and fun.

Very good but.....

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porcupine100
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2015-05-26
I enjoyed this film, however for me it came across too strongly as an advert for the "all american way" with definite right wing leanings and an adoration of the gun and there, sadly it lost me. The deer hunting scenes typified this. Somehow shooting a deer with a high powered rifle is deemed right and the mark of being a "man". The filmed followed a similar vein from there on. Yes its a good macho war film and its enjoyable but for me it misses something.

Overrated

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Morynpl
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2015-05-25
Best war movie...?! I was dying to se it after watching the trailer. I've seen Platoon about 20 times , won't watch this one again.

Excellent

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Thames03
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2015-05-25
God Bless America ....

Very good but not great

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Praetorias
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2015-05-25
Love war films and this one is a quality film but unlike where most war films lack war footage, this does not but does lack enough sniping content. Sniping at beginning and end but in middle is a grunt so not as good as could be for sniping film.

A Letdown

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ksawery1
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2015-05-25
There is no real plot, its just a solider who goes crazy.
Do not read any further if u intend to watch the movie.
The ending is also so bad, just some texts saying he died.

Horrific American propaganda

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19-Loki-77
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2015-05-24
There were similarly loathe some films made in the late 1930's and 40's, luckily the architect of those was brought to some semblance of justice not too long afterwards. I only hope that the same goes for this. The most frightening thing for me though, is the sheer number of people who have showered this film with acceptance, legitimising its tainted distorted opinion.

Pointless

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Eightninenine
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2015-05-24
Bitterly disappointed. A boring film about an interesting war hero. This is no Hurt Locker.

Let down by so many Hollywood cliches

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Benjy Bob
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2015-05-24
I really enjoyed reading the book. Then looked forward to downloading this. I’m now disappointed, the film doesn’t live upto the hype. The film is such a Hollywood cliche, scenes are too false and characters too stereotypical or flawless. It appears the film was made to entertain the lowest common denominator rather than made to be a deep film that analyses events. Despite Cooper’s and Miller’s performance, all the cliches in this film, such as the shootout near the end of the film when he was surrounded on the rooftop, results in this being an OK film rather than the BEST film. My advice to you is read the book instead.

Excellent

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Maverick Beamer
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2015-05-21
Ok first off this is not the "greatest war movie ever made". This is not really a war movie in the true sense of drama films. This is a film based on Chris Kyle's life. Superbly acted plus directed by my favourite director Clint Eastwood. Watch the iTunes extras.

Legend?

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Savingwhales
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2015-05-21
Bradley cooper played this role well and other than the very abrupt ending, the film was well made and deserves a 4 star, however it's the story that bothers me. It shocks me how a person kills 160 people and is called a legend. It's really hard to have this conversation without nationalism showing it's ugly face, but remember, we did invade the Middle East and we did go to war based on false information. So are we really believing that this one man killing160 was in anyway helping anyone or anything? Find me a person who has directly saved 160 lives and then you'll have a legend.

Intriguing

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Sirshelley
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2015-05-21
A great peace of film with a heavy bias