Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover
A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the r...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
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May 13, 2009"What are you going to do?
- Exercise my right to bear arms."
Yeah, I'm gonna have to give this a 1 star rating... Why? Well, here's why.
Let's start of by a simple thing as the character name, Bob Lee Swagger. Have the filmmakers intentionally tried to produce the most lethal ...( read more) -
December 16, 2008If you were to take the best parts of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series (Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger, Sum of All Fears) and mixed in the best parts of the only good Rambo film (First Blood) you would end up with something akin to Shooter. Shooter is a smart, engaging and ...( read more)
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October 17, 2008Mark Wahlberg stars in this edge of your seat action thriller. The action's fast-paced, the actors fit their roles, and the 'don't trust the government' undertone is timely. Everything about this movie is perfect, it emerges you into the twisting plot and the incredible dialog is...( read more)
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October 6, 2008The movie was brilliant, the effects and sounds got everyone in the cinema deeply involved and it was one hell of a ride throughout. Very little boring bits as well, the action kept on coming right until the very end. Although I did think it borrowed from other movies a little bi...( read more)
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September 1, 2008A great action film with a good plot, lots of shooting, explosions that keeps a fast adrenalin pumping pace throughout. It's a little predictable and Danny Glover talks like he is wearing a gum shield for some reason!? Overall though I thought it is very similar and just as good ...( read more)
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November 2, 2009Although predictable you can't really hold it against it as it doesn't stop it from being enjoyable
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October 30, 2009Never mess with someone who can drop you with his gun from miles away. Snipers somehow has this aura of mystique and sexiness associated with the motto of "one shot, one kill", as exhibited in movies like Enemy at the Gates, or memorable war characters such as in Saving...( read more)
Critic Reviews
March 26, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
March 26, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
This is the first big-studio action picture (the director is Antoine Fuqua) with some of the disgusted, bloody nihilism of the post-Vietnam era. full review
March 23, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Despite gripping chase sequences and a few awe-inspiring fiery explosions, gaping holes in the convoluted plot make Shooter heavier on style than substance. full review
March 23, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Suspended over a deep gully of disbelief, where logic takes more bullets than the bad guys, Shooter still makes the grade as hard-ass action escapism. full review
March 23, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
A chase movie and a pretty crafty thriller, Shooter owes a lot to Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor. full review
March 23, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A high-caliber action movie that gives '70s revenge fantasies a contemporary spin. full review
March 23, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
A sleek, scattershot and vigorously incoherent vigilante flick that assumes the high ground just long enough to slay every corrupt dirt-ball in its path. full review
March 23, 2007
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie feels like a prelude; and since Swagger is also the protagonist of two other Hunter novels, if this picture flies, they may soon follow it into production. That's a pretty big "if," though. full review
March 22, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Shooter is far more complicated than it needs to be, taking more crazy twists and turns than it should. full review
March 22, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Shooter's covert intent could have been satire. Overtly, though, it's definitely about shooting, betrayal and shooting. In that order. full review
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July 15, 2008What I like about this movie is that they did their research. A bullet does arc and doesn't fly straight. Watch the special features part of the DVD and when they explain about what a bullet does, their right. They couldn't show what an actual 50 calibre rifle round does to a person, it blows shit off and apart. The impact, of the round, destroys the body and blows it apart; people would be freaked out. This movie was done well and I liked it.
Take care all,
William
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October 1, 2007I love this movie. its awsome :D
mark walhberg are a very good actor to. -
September 10, 2007this move was wiked it was alot like the jfk assasination in 1964 it was a big set up for that one guy
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September 3, 2007This movie was very interesting. Mark Wahlberg is one of my fave actor.
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August 15, 2007This is, after all, a movie. It is not a scientific documentary. Most of the scenes are believable and there is actually a plot to justify all the action. Anyone who is looking for another Hunt For Red October is probably not going to enjoy this picture. I thought it was great, however and also like slow moving detailed movies like HFRO.
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