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Shooter [2007]
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A novel by the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Stephen Hunter gives the movie a logical spine, even if the premise itself is the stuff of conspiracy theorists. Wahlberg gets support from Michael Pena, as a skeptical FBI agent; Kate Mara, as a trustworthy widow; and Ned Beatty, trailing along memories of Network, as a supremely cynical Senator. Along with the well-executed action sequences (the previously unreliable director Antoine Fuqua gets it in gear here), the movie includes a few potshots at the Bush administration. No, that doesn't put Shooter at the level of The Parallax View or All the President's Men, but it provides some tang along with the flying bullets. --Robert Horton
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
A movie that would not have been out of place in the run of paranoid-political thrillers of the 1970s, Shooter works an entertaining variation on the assassination picture. Mark Wahlberg, carrying over good mojo from The Departed, slides neatly into the character of Bob Lee Swagger, master marksman. Swagger has retreated from his duty as an off-the-books hired gun for the military, having become disillusioned with his government (switching on his TV at his remote mountain cabin, he mutters, "Let's see what kind of lies they're trying to sell us today."). Ah, but the government needs Swagger to scope out the location of a rumored attempt on the life of the president, so a shadowy government operative (Danny Glover) begs Swagger to use his sniper's skills to out-fox the assassin. From there--well, spoilers are not fair, since the movie has a few legitimate shocks and a very nice wrong-man scenario about to unfold.
This is what you want in an action movie.
Review date: 2008-11-06 Rating: 8 out of 10
I used to think that I liked SciFi and action movies. Then I eventually realised, after watching hours of tosh, that in fact I don't like most SciFi and action movies at all. I turns out that I only like good SciFi and action movies.
Rest assured this is a good movie. It may not be in the league of the Bourne identity but it is way above the usual rubbish. And what makes this particularly good as a DVD are the extras which give an interesting insight into the world of snipers and Mark Wahlburg himself.
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Reviews
worth a watch
Review date: 2008-11-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
Not as good as bourne but not far off. fast moving in parts plenty of blood and guts. A lot better than Marine well that was one of the worse flims I have ever seem in this style. So stick to Bourne or Shooter
disconnected plot
Review date: 2008-10-22 Rating: 2 out of 10
The plot was disconnected and does not make sense. A poor immitation of the Bourne Identity series without a convincing plot. A very disappointing movie.
The Bourne Shooter!
Review date: 2008-09-29 Rating: 6 out of 10
Not a bad movie, and is really thrilling at times, but its major let down is the fact it came out so close to the Bourne Series!
Everything about it from the feel, look, sound, etc... has the "Bourne" factor... if this had came out in 2000/2001, then maybe it would have been a lot better and more unique, but it didn't!
On the other hand, if you are in to the Bourne Series, then this movie is right up your street, as I found it rather enjoyable!
Laughably simplistic political spin mars film
Review date: 2008-08-19 Rating: 4 out of 10
Sadly, if one could have told this screenwriter to give up thinking and simply write a typical vacuous Hollywood script, this would have been excellent. The plot is solid and keep one's interest while Danny Glover and Mark Wahlberg offer decent performances. The attempts at some kind of contemporary political relevance are awkward and trite, however, really undermining the movie. It was clearly an area beyond the writer's capabilities. The insistent conspiracy theory scaffolding offers absolutely nothing original: the government is evil, all humankind is greedy, there is no justice in the 'Department of Justice' (oh the irony!), oil can explain absolutely everything that has ever happened, and democracy is not democracy - all according to the usual formula. The US government is presented as the stereotypical monolith of corruption, but our hero is there to battle the system (somehow the evil and ubiquitous 'System' let this film slip through). All this is conveyed to us with the simple moral smugness of someone who can only think in monochrome - and only on Sundays.
Ultimately, the slew of conspirational cliches - including everything from JFK to Abu Ghraib and Iraq - end up parodying conspirational logic: explanations come with laughable ease and assurance. If there is an accident on the road tomorrow, this fellow would tell me 'the US/British government did it to make me late for work'; cynicism would be his great 'proof'. While that might work for him and (frighteningly) for some others, it doesn't do it for me. This kind of naive, uninformed social commentary for simpletons will bother different people to different degrees. Personally, it got in the way of an otherwise enjoyable plot. My eyes were rolling like two ships in a hurricane as the overwhelming stupidity of the script gathered force.
Product Details/Specifications
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
EAN: 5014437929334
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-08-13
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 125 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007
Language: English (Original Language)