Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine Corps sniper who leaves the military after a mission goes bad. After he is reluctantly pressed back into service, Swagger is double-crossed again. With two bullets in him and the subject of a nationwide manhunt, Swagger begins his revenge, which will take down the most powerful people in the country.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Bad Bourne Comment: This was a decent shoot em up flick. I gave it 4 stars because I can still recall the plot-so many are forgetable. Its a bad attitude Bourne type movie and I liked Walberg as lead. If you liked Last Man Standing and Reindeer Games, type of off beat rough; you will probably like this. Not warm-Not fuzzy. Customer Rating: Summary: Great movie! Comment: This is NOT my usual genre, but I got coaxed into watching it and was very impressed with both Mark Wahlberg and the movie. It was a bit more graphic than I am comfortable with, but I closed my eyes a lot. I was enthralled from the opening frames until the end. I highly recommend it! Customer Rating: Summary: Ridiculously implausible but it has nice, big explosions Comment: The notion that some dark elements would attempt to kill a foreign official while a few feet away from the US president and try to get away with murder by framing some experienced, combat tested sniper who was fooled into believing that he was really doing a feasibility study of whether the president could be killed by pointing a sniper rifle at him from a mile away... you got the idea?
And it's getting worse from there. While nearly fatally wounded, our hero loses about 5000 FBI, Secret Service and regular cops, all hot on his tail, then he comes back to kill everyone guilty... Oh well, the cable channels need movies to kill some time, I suppose.
And, one more thing. Why would anyone ever want to build an oil pipeline through Ethiopia? The correct answer is "no one would". Ethiopia is bordered by Somalia (hostile), Eritrea (hostile), Kenya (has no oil) and Sudan (has oil but also has hundreds of miles of Red Sea shore and has no need for an Ethiopian pipeline, passing through its rebellious South.
Why 2 stars? I suppose it's because it has a couple of well-known actors, there are some nice, very large explosions and because it's good to see corrupt politicians receive their well-deserved punishment but, overall, watching this movie is wasting one's time. Customer Rating: Summary: His country forsook him, but he never forsook his country Comment: The film opens with two US troops being abandoned by their commander. They are not in authorized space. When asked why, the commander said something to the effect that the men were well trained and they would find their way home.
We know one of them did, because we see him years later. Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) has nearly gone off the grid. It's just him and his dog living in a remote cabin.
When he's approached by Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) to help foil a plot to kill the US President by determining how the shooter is going to do it, he reluctantly accepts the job.
When the fated day arrives, it's actually the Archbishop of Ethiopia who is shot and the crime's blamed on Swagger. Swagger goes on the run, trying to find out precisely what happened.
"Shooter" is a smart paced and intelligent conspiracy thriller taken from the pen of Stephen Hunter. Excellent acting on the part of the whole crew. This multi-faceted film is well worth owning. You will want to see it again.
Rebecca Kyle, December 2008 Customer Rating: Summary: What Were They Thinking? Comment: I almost didn't write a review for this film since there are already plenty of bad reviews here. I have a major gripe with Hollywood these days. Movies like Shooter are happening all too frequently. This movie could have been good, but it is not. How did they get Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, and Ned Beatty to make this movie? Ok, Glover and Beatty are probably just happy to be working, but that doesn't excuse Wahlberg.
This movie makes Rambo look realistic. If you are able to throw out reason, don't particularly care about a plot or story line, and enjoy watching a one man army, you might enjoy this movie. The government "bad guys" (Glover and Beatty) are so over the top it's nearly comical. Actually it's rather sad to see real talent wasted like this. How does a movie like this even get made? There is no difference between Shooter and some straight to video low budget shoot-em-up staring no-names. If only the movie would have been scaled back and feature realistic dialog and situations, it might have been interesting. Unless Amazon sells this movie for $1, it isn't worth the price.
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