A very good movie

I already saw this movie but, since I have it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Even though 'American Sniper' was a huge box-office success and, therefore, so far, the most popular movie about the war in Irak, in my opinion, this movie is actually the best one about this subject. In fact, back then, even though this movie was heralded by the critics, it was actually completely ignored by the audience but, somehow, almost a full year after its release, it still managed to end up winning the Best Picture Academy award. Anyway, even though I didn't care much for  'American Sniper' which was in my opinion actually seriously overrated, this movie was just really fascinating though and I was on the edge of my seat during most of the duration. Indeed, I thought it was so much more interesting to see a guy risking his life trying to prevent people from getting killed, including himself, instead of the usual soldiers ending killing a whole bunch of people for some usually rather dubious reasons. While re-watching it, I thought it was also a really solid depiction of PTSD, probably one of the best I have seen so far. Furthermore, the directing was also very good and all the actors involved (especially Jeremy Renner in a star making performance) gave some really strong performances. It's too bad that, even though this movie turned out to be a big critical success, Kathryn Bigelow  had managed to direct only 2 movies during the next 20 years (‘Detroit’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ which were both really solid though). Anyway, to conclude, even if it turned out to be the lowest grossing Best Picture winner ever, I really liked the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10