Shooter
A sniper living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President.
15 August 1980, Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
13 September 1967, Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
5 April 1982, Lawnside, New Jersey, USA
25 September 1963, Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
17 December 1960, Harvey, Illinois, USA
April 04, 2011
There's enough unsettling paranoia that you don't exactly know how it's all going to turn out. It feels more like it could have come from the early '70s, when happy endings might not necessarily be right around the corner.
March 03, 2008
It jumps from typical action one-liners to political discussions about Abu Ghraib. I mean, you can't have a character named Swagger and expect me to take you seriously.
March 26, 2007
It's one of those conspiracy thrillers that keeps on asking you to take a leap of faith, until you get tired of leaping and you just start laughing in all the wrong places.
August 26, 2007
... the twists within twists become so laughable that you can't take anything seriously... the only thing missing here is a laugh track.
March 23, 2007
As the body count increases, the kills become so gratuitous that the effect is numbing, like watching a line of metal ducks get pinged at the state fair.
March 26, 2007
The engaging, fast-talking idiosyncrasy of [Wahlberg's] performance in The Departed has vanished.
July 14, 2011
Shooter is nothing special, but a combination of appealing performances, intriguing plot twists and exciting action sequences mean that we're never less than entertained.
March 24, 2007
Ballistic fetishists and anticorporate activists will find common ground in each violent act against political fat cats, but the rest of us are left to wallow in the bloodlust and wonder who switched the reels.
December 18, 2010
Gory vigilante political thriller for adults only.
April 12, 2007
The film's weird, thin politics become harder to swallow as it lurches from set-up to set-up.
January 15, 2008
It's a bit of fun but nothing you haven't seen before.
