"American Sniper" opts for a similar approach by pitting Kyle against a feared Syrian sniper known only as Mustafa (Sammy Sheik) -- an anonymous death ghost whose sole defining traits are his ...

The emphasis on Syrian sniper Mustafa The film depicts at great length ... and the military blockbuster “American Sniper” has been nominated for six Oscars, including best picture and best ...

The central duel between Chris and Mustafa is both a source of many groan-worthy moments in “American Sniper” and also an invention. “While we were on the berm watching the city, we were ...

In the book, not only does Mustafa barely receive any acknowledgment, but Kyle admits that he never encountered him. When Steven Spielberg was first attached to direct American Sniper, he ...

an Israeli agent all along. Much like the Mustafa of "American Sniper," at some point the legend of Juba seems to have become intertwined with that of Chris Kyle. Kyle is said to have had his own ...

While action scenes are riveting, what doesn’t work as well is an enemy sniper character named Mustafa (Sammy Sheik), a mysterious villain who shows up and disappears as if on cue. Eastwood uses ...

The Western-style showdown staged in “American Sniper” between Kyle and the crack enemy sniper Mustafa (Sammy Sheik) is not only a nod to Eastwood’s filmmaking history, but to a fundamental ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American ... the enemy sniper Mustafa, an ...

The film American Sniper, based on the story of ... Kyle's primary antagonist in the film is a sniper named Mustafa. Mustafa is mentioned in a single paragraph in Kyle's book, but the movie ...

Mustafa (Sammy Sheik), the Iraqi marksman featured in American Sniper, was allegedly on the Syrian Olympic Shooting Team (in Kyle’s book, he’s an Iraqi). Whether Mustafa was real or not ...