WHO’S IN IT?
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Sienna Miller (Layer Cake), Max Charles (The Amazing Spider-Man), Luke Grimes (All The Boys Love Mandy Lane), Kyle Gallner (Jennifer’s Body), Sam Jaeger (Her), Jake McDorman (Die Hard 4.0), Cory Hardrict (Lovelace), Navid Negahban (Brothers), Eric Close (Without a Trace), Eric Ladin (Annabelle)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby), director, producer; Jason Hall (Paranoia), writer; Bradley Cooper (Limitless), Andrew Lazar (Get Smart), Robert Lorenz (Mystic River) and Peter Morgan (Spread), producers; Tom Stern (Invictus), cinematographer; Joel Cox (Gran Torino) and Gary Roach (Changeling), editors
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle (Cooper) is sent to Iraq where, with his pinpoint accuracy, he builds a reputation on both sides as one of the most lethal snipers in US military history and a prime target for insurgents with a heavy price on his head…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
After a brief attempt to lighten the mood with Jersey Boys, director Clint Eastwood returns to far tenser filmmaking with this gripping portrayal of a decorated military legend (though to be fair, nothing’s more tense than getting through Jersey Boys without yawning…).