When Clint Eastwood made a movie about the Iraq War, based on the life of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history, it was bound to court controversy. The late soldier, who was killed by ex-Marine Eddie Ray Routh at a Texas shooting range in 2013, was accused of embellishing the truth about his experiences in Iraq and exaggerating elements of the story, including his military record. These same criticisms were leveled against Eastwood's movie, alongside the charge that the filmmaker had produced a simple puff piece on Kyle and misrepresented the complexity of the Iraq War.
Author: staff@slashfilm.com (Joe Roberts)
Published at: 2025-07-19 19:30:00
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