Jake Gyllenhaal gives a dead-on-target performance as a marine, from boot camp to his assignment as an elite sniper in Operation Desert Storm. The superb film, which features material not included in the theatrical version, is based on the memoir of ex-leatherneck Anthony Swofford (Gyllenhaal). Sam Mendes ("American Beauty") directed from a script by William Broyles Jr. Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper, Lucas Black, Brianne Davis.