{"id":24781,"date":"2015-01-22T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=24781"},"modified":"2015-01-22T13:38:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T21:38:33","slug":"tom-cruises-jack-reacher-on-the-chris-kyle-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/22\/tom-cruises-jack-reacher-on-the-chris-kyle-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise’s “Jack Reacher” on the Chris Kyle Type"},"content":{"rendered":"

“There are four types of people who join the military. For some, it\u2019s a family trade. Others are patriots, eager to serve. Next you have those who just need a job. Then there\u2019s the kind who want a legal means of killing other people.”<\/p>\n

– The title character of the 2012 movie Jack Reacher<\/em><\/a>, played by Tom Cruise<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Tom<\/a>

Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, listing the “four types” to Rosamund Pike’s Helen Rodin.<\/p><\/div>\n

As for the\u00a0fourth type, Reacher\u00a0was referring to another character in the film, an American sniper prosecuted for murders both in Iraq and the US.<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/a>

Jack Reacher’s “American Sniper”: James Barr, played by Joseph Sikora.<\/p><\/div>\n

Judging from Kyle’s own words, this character is a much more accurate portrayal of Chris Kyle’s psyche than the one created by Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut after you kill your enemy, you see it\u2019s okay. You say, Great. You do it again. And again. (…) I loved what I did. I still do. If circumstances were different–if my family didn’t need me–I’d be back in a heartbeat. I\u2019m not lying or exaggerating to say it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Chris Kyle,\u00a0American Sniper<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Here’s an idea: Clint Eastwood could\u00a0make American Sniper<\/em> the first movie in a trilogy about heroes who gleefully murder people in other countries from a safe distance.\u00a0Next up: “American Drone Operator” and “American Neocon Laptop Bombardier.”<\/p>\n

American Drone Operator, Scene 1<\/em>
\nBradley Cooper into a cellphone: “I’m ready to come home baby!”
\nSienna Miller: “Okay… then come home.”
\nCooper steps out into a parking lot in Indian Springs, Nevada<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a sane and moral world, it wouldn’t be American Sniper<\/em> raking in tens of millions, but Citizenfour<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Should read “risked his life.”)<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, be sure to watch for comparison the Nazi version of American Sniper<\/em>\u00a0(the one controversially\u00a0referenced by Seth Rogen<\/a>),\u00a0this film-within-a-film<\/a> from Inglorious Basterds:<\/i><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aI1fqOELQ48<\/a><\/p>\n

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