American Sniper (2014) Movie Synopsis - Plot Summary
Growing up
in Texas, Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt
deer. Years later, Chris is a rodeo cowboy. He returns home with his brother
only to find his girlfriend in bed with a stranger. He kicks out the man and
demands that his girlfriend leave, upon which she justifies her behavior as
doing it to get attention, says Chris is a lousy ranch hand, and a "shitty
lay." He kicks her out anyway. He is mulling with his brother when he sees
news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the
U.S. Navy, where he is eventually accepted for SEAL training, becoming a U.S.
Navy SEAL sniper.
Chris
meets Taya Renae at a bar, they marry, and he is sent to Iraq after the
September 11 attacks of 2001. His first kills are a woman and boy who attacked
U.S. Marines with a grenade. Chris is visibly upset by the experience but earns
the nickname "Legend" for his many kills. He is assigned to hunt for
the al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; during house-to-house searches in
evacuated areas, Chris interrogates a family, and for $100,000 the father
offers to lead the SEALs to "The Butcher", al-Zarqawi's
second-in-command whose favorite torture device is a drill. The plan goes awry
when The Butcher captures the father and son, and kills them while Chris is
pinned down by a sniper using a Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD). This sniper goes
by the name Mustafa and is the best known enemy sniper. Meanwhile, the
insurgents issue a bounty on Chris.
Chris
returns home to his wife and the birth of his son. He is distracted by memories
of his war experiences and argues with Taya over bootleg footage of U.S.
Marines shot dead by enemy snipers. Taya expresses her concern for them as a
couple and wishes Chris would focus on his home and family.
Chris
leaves for a second tour, promoted to Chief Petty Officer. He is involved in a
shootout with The Butcher, who is located operating out of a ground floor
restaurant, and helps in capturing him.
Chris
returns home from his second tour to a newborn daughter, and he becomes
increasingly distant from his family. On his third tour, Mustafa seriously
injures a unit member, and the unit is evacuated back to base. Chris hears that
Mustafa is an excellent marksman who won medals in the Olympics, and when Chris
questions how he could have won when Iraq hadn't sent athletes for a few years,
he is informed that Mustafa is from Syria. The unit decides to return to the
field and continue the mission. Another SEAL is killed by gunfire, compelling
Chris with guilt and duty to undertake a fourth tour. Taya does not understand
his decision, tells him she needs him, and tells him that if he leaves for
another tour in Iraq, she may not be there when he returns.
On tour
four, Chris is assigned to kill Mustafa, who has been sniping U.S. Army combat
engineers building a barricade. Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop
inside enemy territory. Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky long
distance shot at 2100 yards (1920 meters), but this exposes his team's position
to a large number of armed insurgents. In the midst of the firefight and low on
ammunition, Chris calls Taya and tells her he is ready to come home. A
sandstorm provides cover for a chaotic escape in which Chris is injured and
almost left behind.
Chris
returns home, on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life. When asked
by a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in
war, he instead replied that he is "haunted by all the guys [he] couldn't
save". The psychiatrist encourages him to help wounded veterans in the VA
hospital. Chris meets veterans who suffered severe injuries, coaches them at a
shooting range in the woods, and gradually begins to adjust to home life.
Years
later, on February 2, 2013, Chris, playful and happy, says goodbye to his wife
and family as he leaves to spend time with a veteran at a shooting range. An on-screen
subtitle reveals: "Chris Kyle was killed that day by a veteran he was
trying to help", followed by stock footage of thousands of people standing
in line along the highway for his funeral procession. Thousands more are
shown[9] attending his memorial service at Cowboys Stadium.
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