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• Directors C

  
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• Albert K

  
  I like Mark Wahlberg. I'm a huge gun fanatic. I love action movies. But this movie disappointed man... The plot, typical. The ending, one of the worst conclusions you can ever end a movie on. The action, not exciting at all. Is there tension? Not really. This movie fails on a lot… More
  I like Mark Wahlberg. I'm a huge gun fanatic. I love action movies. But this movie disappointed man... The plot, typical. The ending, one of the worst conclusions you can ever end a movie on. The action, not exciting at all. Is there tension? Not really. This movie fails on a lot of parts. Only thing I've gotta say about this movie is how some scenes (especially the snow sniper scene) is gorgeous. I wanted to like this movie, but it was just another mindless Hollywood action flick.

• Jeff "

  
  Shooter is a pretty good and engaging action film starring Mark Wahlberg. I thought that the film was very entertaining, pulse pounding and action packed. Mark Wahlberg plays a Marine sniper who is double crossed and he must do everything he can to clear his name. I'm not… More
  Shooter is a pretty good and engaging action film starring Mark Wahlberg. I thought that the film was very entertaining, pulse pounding and action packed. Mark Wahlberg plays a Marine sniper who is double crossed and he must do everything he can to clear his name. I'm not normally prone to Antoine Fuqua films, and I find him to be quite mediocre as a filmmaker, but Shooter is a pretty good effort. I personally felt that this was a better film than Fuqua's Training Day. The cast do a fine job at delivering good performances, and the thrills keep coming. Fuqua's directing is pretty good, and he delivers a very entertaining action thriller. There are some good actors on-screen, and they each bring something good to the film. Wahlberg is in top form, and Shooter is really a cool action film. The film is not the best, but for what it is, the film is a good entertaining action film that delivers enough action to please the viewer. Antoine Fuqua has made his best film with Shooter. This is definitely one of the better action films to come in recent times. If you like intrigue and conspiracy elements mixed with your action, then look no further than Shooter. This is a very enjoyable film with plenty of tense, thrilling moments. This definitely one of the best films that Fuqua has made. Wahlberg definitely deliver on-screen, and this is a film not to miss if you're looking for a cool action film.

• xGary X

  
  An ex Special Services sniper is recruited to investigate a possible assassination attempt on the President but when he is framed for the death of a foreign dignitary he must find the real conspirators to clear his name. It's Marky Mark's turn to strut his Bourne thang and… More
  An ex Special Services sniper is recruited to investigate a possible assassination attempt on the President but when he is framed for the death of a foreign dignitary he must find the real conspirators to clear his name. It's Marky Mark's turn to strut his Bourne thang and Shooter has all the ingredients you'd expect from a Hollywood conspiracy thriller. Wahlberg and Pena are fine as the outlaw lawmen cutting a swathe of popping craniums through the usual suspects, although Rhona Mitra and Kate Mara are clearly just there as the obligatory window dressing and I wish Elias Koteas would stop taking these parts as grinning caricatures because he's better than this. It at least attempts to touch on the subject of the US's foreign policy of planting a stars and stripes on every country on the globe in an attempt to "liberate" their oil fields, but their solution is, as ever, an American with a big gun. There's absolutely nothing here you won't have seen before but everyone involved is very comfortable with the ins and outs of this kind of thing and it's a very efficient and well executed example.

• Anthony L

  
  Slightly more intelligent than your typical action thriller. Shooter ticks all the right boxes without you having to turn your brain off but I'm still not sure about the ending. I liked it and I didn't, a more realistic ending would have been depressing but at least it would… More
  Slightly more intelligent than your typical action thriller. Shooter ticks all the right boxes without you having to turn your brain off but I'm still not sure about the ending. I liked it and I didn't, a more realistic ending would have been depressing but at least it would have been realistic and would have perhaps left more of an impression but in the end, this was a pretty good film, entertaining throughout. Antoine Fuqua is a talented director, he's been a bit hit and miss for me until now, so I'm looking forward to seeing his more recent and upcoming films.

• Jim C

  
  Shooter was a good movie and a cool movie. It has exactly what people came for, shooting and action, and many critics fail to realize thats why we watched it. Mark Wahlberg didn't do much, he just look and talked cool, but no real acting. The action was great, you can really… More
  Shooter was a good movie and a cool movie. It has exactly what people came for, shooting and action, and many critics fail to realize thats why we watched it. Mark Wahlberg didn't do much, he just look and talked cool, but no real acting. The action was great, you can really tell thats what they were going for in the movie. A simple plot, it wasnt half bad, but I would be lying if I said I remember the story at all, I forgot it in a week. Overall Shooter was pretty good movie.

• Shawn E

  
  When the truth and lies don't follow the rights and wrongs, justice must be dealt with up front or from long distances. An great movie that may lack in originality but incorporates the right amount of action with political drama.

• E.J. B

  
  Mark Wahlberg heads up a pretty solid cast for an action flick that attempts to make snipers as cool and intelligent as those CIA Jason Bourne types. For the most part, the movie succeeds. Director Antoine Fuqua stages many an action scene involving helicopters, massive army squads,… More
  Mark Wahlberg heads up a pretty solid cast for an action flick that attempts to make snipers as cool and intelligent as those CIA Jason Bourne types. For the most part, the movie succeeds. Director Antoine Fuqua stages many an action scene involving helicopters, massive army squads, and a ton of gunfights, all of which see Wahlberg's character calculating his way out, then executing it with precision and some bad ass sniper kills. He's doing this to free his name, as he was framed for the murder of an archbishop and attempted murder of the President by a small organization of very crooked but connected politicians. Wahlberg doesn't have the charisma that Matt Damon or Daniel Graig bring to their action heroes. But interestingly enough, he has the aura of a cool, everyday sort of guy. This makes his frequent switches from the average joe to cold blooded killer all the more intriguing, which makes up for the convoluted narrative. One of the film's themes centres around vigilante justice, particularly in the face of people who can't be tried in the court of law, quite simply because they run the courts. The shooter's morals never come into question, and they really shouldn't, since he is constantly betrayed by his country. In that sense, the film celebrates vigilantism in the face of no other reasonable form of justice. I don't have too many problems with that.

• Taylor B

  
  This was playing on TV and I was bored, so I gave it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. It kept me in it the entire way with plot twists and a grip of action.

• Jim H

  
  This film is basically a Glenn Beck wet dream. The government is big and evil, the hero is a lone citizen with a well-stacked armory, and eventually the "patriot" "must" take matters into his own hands. The film does present the idea that corrupt power knows no… More
  This film is basically a Glenn Beck wet dream. The government is big and evil, the hero is a lone citizen with a well-stacked armory, and eventually the "patriot" "must" take matters into his own hands. The film does present the idea that corrupt power knows no political party and a few dead bodies aren't going to change anything, but the film instantly belies this sentiment with its reductive conclusion. In sum, this is more violence-porn, and I'm not aroused.

• Richard C

  
  B+

• Curtis L

  
  Well, every now and then you find yourself at fiends house where they're watching something lame. The only enjoyable thing about films like these are to relentlessly make fun of how stupid they are. Which I did.

• KJ P

  
  Well crafted action/thriller! I'll be refering to this film for a while!

• Conner R

  
  I really wanted to enjoy this movie, but it was another poorly directed and unimaginative story from Antoine Fuqua. Much like King Arthur, It has a good cast, but horrible execution. The script was a complete mess and almost unbearable at times. It's also incredibly hard to watch… More
  I really wanted to enjoy this movie, but it was another poorly directed and unimaginative story from Antoine Fuqua. Much like King Arthur, It has a good cast, but horrible execution. The script was a complete mess and almost unbearable at times. It's also incredibly hard to watch more than once, due to the hollow directing.

• Jens S

  
  Unlike the Bourne movies this "one man against government conspiracy" film has not much of a story to offer. At least not a very intelligent one. Sure, everything's really nicely filmed (and god bless them for shooting in Philadelphia, a city very dear to me) and some… More
  Unlike the Bourne movies this "one man against government conspiracy" film has not much of a story to offer. At least not a very intelligent one. Sure, everything's really nicely filmed (and god bless them for shooting in Philadelphia, a city very dear to me) and some of the action looks pretty good. The thing is, there is not even that much of it. And the investigation phase works well for a while, but in the end, especially during the showdown, things make not all that much sense. That doesn't make the movie any less entertaining and watchable on a rainy Sunday. If only they would have spared us of all those stereotypes. Why does the guy showing a picture of his beloved always die first? Why is she the only possible hostage person for the film? Why meet a sniper on a huge open snow field? Oh well, it was okay for as long as it lasted. Just don't think about it.

• Lewis C

  
  Shooter desperately wants to be a combination of the Bourne movies and Rambo, but it's hampered by one of the most laughably predictable plots that I've ever come across. There is literally nothing unexpected that happens in this movie, from the death of the… More
  Shooter desperately wants to be a combination of the Bourne movies and Rambo, but it's hampered by one of the most laughably predictable plots that I've ever come across. There is literally nothing unexpected that happens in this movie, from the death of the protagonist's buddy at the beginning to the final revenge scene at the end. A below average story can often be somewhat overlooked in this kind of a film, but Shooter pushed my tolerance farther than any movie that I've seen in recent memory. The villians are cartoonishly evil, right down to the cackling laughter. The other characters don't fare much better, they're paper-thin and as one-dimensional as they can be. And the dialogue! Good Lord, it sounded like it was all jotted down on a paper napkin in five minutes, right before the filming started. Or maybe there was no script, and the director simply told the actors to say something that sounds bad-ass or evil before each scene. Oh, and let's not forget the "political message" that's tacked onto the movie in an attempt to give it "depth". It was as subtle as a brick to the face, and about as welcome. So, why am I still giving Shooter a slightly above average score? Because it was somehow a likeable movie, despite the terrible plot and characters. Unsurprisingly, the shooting and action scenes were the saving grace of the film. Most of the sniper stuff was really cool, and Mark Wahlberg was a convincing hero....when his mouth was firmly shut. Rhona Mitra and and Kate Mara were criminally under-used, but their presence was still a plus for the movie. I just wish that they were given more dubstantial to do than be pretty faces and conveniently move the plot along. If you can somehow buffer your mind against the truly horrible aspects of Shooter, then it can provide two hours of moderate, violence-based fun. Just don't feel bad if the poor story and characters are too much for you to tolerate. I understand, I really do.

• Film C

  
  brlliant movie! mark wahlberg is on top form for this role, its a brillaint entertaining action packed bullets flying movie that is completely worth a watch!

• Thomas B

  
  the character in shooter is an attempt at a more specialised jason bourne. however, the result is somewhat dissappointing, as the character lacks any real style, hoping that shooting people in the head will solve everything. not to say the movie isn't good. on the contrary, the… More
  the character in shooter is an attempt at a more specialised jason bourne. however, the result is somewhat dissappointing, as the character lacks any real style, hoping that shooting people in the head will solve everything. not to say the movie isn't good. on the contrary, the film has a stable plot line and an interesting back story. however, it lacks the ingenuity and awe inspiring feel which bourne manages to capture.

• Jani H

  
  "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… More
  "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 redneck to the big screen? And it's not just the name but everything about him, his whole screen presence. Mark Wahlberg, although he has made some good performances ('The Departed', 'Boogie Nights'), is one of the most overrated actors of today. The plot is stupid and an insult against proper government related action thrillers, like 'Bourne' movies, but you really can't mention these two films in the same sentence without losing your credibility. But there's no point to reveal the story, let me just say that 'Shooter' is nothing but another below average action movie. The action then? If there is something I really hate in action movies is those scenes where a single guy defeats a helicopter that is armed like any other chopper, with either its own arsenal or some side gunner. Helicopter's are like the worst things that a soldier can face in the battlefield and this guy with a typical rifle of course blows it to smithereens. Yeah, absolutely. Otherwise it's all so far fetched that it gets annoying. The rest of the cast is so wrongly cast or, if not, then the actors have just had seriously bad days on the shooting locations or sets. Danny Glover has made bad films after another after the 'Lethal Weapon' franchise ended in '98, with the exception of 'Be Kind Rewind' that was one of the best films of last year. And Ned Beatty is so bad that I actually hoped that a Georgia back-country yokel would've jumped on the screen and ass raped him like in his first feature film, and one of the best films of the 70's, 'Deliverance'. Like a US Senator would have so much power... With these points, and if I really would focus more on this film I would find more, I think I have at some level proved that 'Shooter', even if it may be a bit slick, is nothing but a disappointment. So much shit comes pouring down from the Hollywood production studios that I'm getting a bit worried. So much money being wasted on pointless productions...

• Bobby H

  
  Mark Wahlberg & Danny Glover deliver stunning performances in "Shooter" where Mark Wahlberg a former-marine and highly trained sniper is framed for attempting to assassinate the United States President. The twist in this movie is amazing. It's unpredictable and… More
  Mark Wahlberg & Danny Glover deliver stunning performances in "Shooter" where Mark Wahlberg a former-marine and highly trained sniper is framed for attempting to assassinate the United States President. The twist in this movie is amazing. It's unpredictable and hard to tell what's going to happen. The action is nearly non-stop from start to finish but like some movies, it never over does it, keeping the acting and action checked perfectly. While we get the honor of seeing a "war flick" the plot does a great job of showing us things we've never seen in former movies. Most action movies struggle from trying to avoid the samething in all the others, but never quite surpass, this movie however does so by far. This could be one of the greatest action/war movies ever created. It's a five-star in my book and I suggest anyone who likes action or conspiricy theories should view this movie.

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