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Shooter (2007)

March. 22,2007
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7.1
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R
| Drama Action Thriller

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.

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Executscan
2007/03/22

Expected more

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Dynamixor
2007/03/23

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Kaydan Christian
2007/03/24

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Fatma Suarez
2007/03/25

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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wheelz-lv
2007/03/26

A former sniper (played by Mark Wahlberg) gets recruited by a secret government agency to investigate threats of a possible assassination attempt of the USA president. However he gets crossed and becomes the main assassination suspect himself, luckily he manages to escape and sets on a path to exact justice on those who are actually responsible.In my opinion, this one of the best movies starring Mark Wahlberg as a lead. The movie has a good story with some unexpected twists, so it keeps you entertained and guessing about what to expect next. For action fans there are plenty of chase and shootout scenes throughout the movie, and, of course, Hollywood likes those explosions whether or not there's an actual need for them :)Definitely worth your time.

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cricketbat
2007/03/27

The downfall of Shooter is that it tries to be too political. It was working as a straight-forward action movie in the beginning, but then it kept throwing in mumbled discussions of patriotism and terrorism amidst the shooting and the explosions and the cliched dialogue. This movie would have been much better if it didn't have a political agenda.

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Eric_Cubed
2007/03/28

Well, there's not too many that liked or even mildly appreciated "Shooter," but I am happy to say I am one of the few detractors. It's a formula for sure, but somehow by some miracle it all comes together as a very enjoyable film with a strong political message. Let's start with the acting. It turns out Marky Mark is a fairly fine actor in the right role, much like Brad Pitt (e.g. as Pitt appeared in 12 Monkeys). He gets into character, loses himself, and because he has this skill, the audience believes the character's hype, no matter how ingratiated. Michael Pena is the Latino call to Don Cheadle, two of the finest, most likable, most entertaining and most fun to watch actors of this generation or any other (see Pena's performance in Ant-Man, and Cheadle's role in Traitor for further evidence). Danny Glover, Elias Koteas and Ned Beatty are all pitch perfect (especially Beatty). The formulas' are aplenty and abound, which is why this is not a four start movie. The Fugitive template is used well, with the usual clichés: escaping protagonist after car crashes in the water, hero violates every law on the books and in the end is bafflingly exonerated, the token slow motion patriotic scene of Marky and a few others. But unlike the Jean Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal or Nicolas Cage revenge flicks, this one comes with a strong message: political corruption is a conglomerate, and cutting off the head of the snack only results in another group of people, cartel-like, assuming the roles of their predecessors. "You can't kill human weakness with a gun," Beatty states, and deep down in our cultural hearts we know this is true, for our entire political institution is based and predicated on the weaknesses and vulnerability that created it (also known as the human condition): greed, avarice, jealousy, money, power, loss---they all figure in and are part and parcel of our organizational belief system (warrior values, simplistic either/or thinking, propaganda). It's Shakespearean, it's archetypal, and it's completely true, relatively, for all celluloid is a painted picture of the Zeitgeist Gestalt (the notion that art, that being movies in this case, imitates life and vice-versa). And in America, the our system is essentially narcissistic, grandiose, entitled, arrogant, self-absorbed. Objectifying with abandon. Sadly, that is our generational norm, our legacy, one we must change if everyone is to survive. Perhaps this is a bit too much to read into "Shooter," but the sensibility, the nuance of what I am getting at is still there. So 3/4 stars! Watch it NOW!!!!

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Leofwine_draca
2007/03/29

A straightforward gung-ho action thriller without an ounce of originality to go with it and yet it doesn't suffer at all because of that. SHOOTER encapsulates the best and worst of modern cinema. Yes, it's a film that looks good: incredibly slick, with a realistic script most of the time, excellent special effects work and a good pace. Yet it's so derivative – particularly in a shoehorned car chase that screams THE BOURNE SUPREMACY – that only those who aren't fussed at all about unoriginal films are likely to enjoy it. Luckily, I'm one of those people, fully aware that all films and their plots have been done before and that there really is nothing new under the sun.Mark Wahlberg gives one of his better performances as the stoic hero, and he's given good opponents in Danny Glover and Ned Beatty, two actors who are rarely seen these days. The underrated Elias Koteas also has a nicely menacing part. But the addition of the excruciating Kate Mara detracts from the enjoyment, and the scenes she shares with Wahlberg just seem to go on and on. Luckily she's become a much more interesting actress in the subsequent years; here, I'm sure her character could have been written out of the script to better effect. Still, good action sequences and some gritty violence propel this one along nicely, and it's a film I wouldn't mind seeing again some time, one of those easy watches that you want to see when your brain's a bit tired.

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