That was my inspiration — I hated it so much that I wanted to work on a different version of that story.”
The film reverses the perspective of Clint Eastwood’s war blockbuster and makes its villain — the unseen Iraqi sniper known as Mustafa — and positions him as the hero.
People get angry at the drop of a hat these days, though for fairly good reason.
Director Salama’s quote about getting fed up during his American Sniper viewing and vowing to tell his side of the story: “I hated it.