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Shooter (2007)

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Reviews Counted:142

Fresh:67

Rotten:75

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: With an implausible story and numerous plot holes, Shooter fails to distinguish itself from other mindless action-thrillers.

Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $46,975,183

Synopsis: Antoine Fuqua, the director of such action movies as TRAINING DAY and THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, takes on government conspiracies in SHOOTER. Based on the book POINT OF IMPACT by Stephen Hunter,... Antoine Fuqua, the director of such action movies as TRAINING DAY and THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, takes on government conspiracies in SHOOTER. Based on the book POINT OF IMPACT by Stephen Hunter, SHOOTER focuses on Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine scout sniper who has retired to a log cabin in the middle of the woods after a supposedly standard mission got out of hand in Ethiopia. Three years later, Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) shows up with two flunkies, trying to convince Swagger to help them thwart a plot to assassinate the president. Honor and duty get the better of him, and Swagger agrees to participate--only to find out that he has been set up, sending him on the run so he can discover who was really behind the shooting. With the whole world looking for him, the only people willing to help him are the widow of his former partner, Sarah (Kate Mara), and Nick Memphis (Michael Pena), a young FBI agent who refuses to stop investigating the case. Wahlberg, nominated for an Oscar for his supporting performance in THE DEPARTED, is excellent in the lead role of a complicated man who had turned his back on society, only to be thrust right back into the middle of it. Glover is solid as his arch-nemesis, who treats the situation as if it's some kind of game. SHOOTER is an action-filled suspense thriller that races through the streets of Philadelphia, New York, Kentucky, and Washington, DC, as well as Ethiopia in a violent search for answers. [More]

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Rhona Mitra, Rade Sherbedgia

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Rhona Mitra, Rade Sherbedgia, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, Kate Mara, Danny Glover, Levon Helm

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Ric Kidney
Screenwriter: Jonathan Lemkin
Composer: Mark Mancina
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
04/28/07
Sydney Morning Herald
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A exhilarating, big budget action thriller about corruption, betrayal and integrity.. Director Antoine Fuqua delivers thrills on a large scale and Wahlberg is a charismatic hero, overcoming all the odds to find justice far away from the Justice Department

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04/13/07
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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.

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03/03/08
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

... the twists within twists become so laughable that you can't take anything seriously... the only thing missing here is a laugh track.

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08/26/07
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

If you don't mind watching a rerun of a few other, better, spy thrillers, Shooter isn't half bad.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
07/29/07
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Despite its slew of genre cliches, Shooter works in fits and starts as a valentine to a simpler era in action films.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/25/07
Stax
Stax
IGN Movies

The only way to watch it without considering it unbearably ridiculous or morally revolting is to focus purely on the action, the fighting, the explosions, and the quick pace.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
06/15/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

An impressive shoot-’em-up, work-it-out action drama.

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04/21/07
Tony Horkins
Tony Horkins
Empire Magazine
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Halfway decent script, good acting, good chases and stuff gets blown up. What more do you want? Godzilla?

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04/14/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Times Square

The cinematic equivalent of one of those chunky special-forces-porn airport novels.

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04/14/07
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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Ultimately, it’s just a vigilante picture with ideas above its station.

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04/14/07
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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The film’s weird, thin politics become harder to swallow as it lurches from set-up to set-up.

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04/12/07
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out

There are plenty of things wrong with Shooter but the quantity and indeed the quality of the explosions isn't one of them.

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04/12/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It's no masterpiece, but it's way better than the usual big gun/small brain fare.

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04/10/07
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

purports to question the way in which the military can take over the political process, but its answer is little more than the very violence it's supposedly critiquing.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
04/07/07
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Shooter is a real stinker.

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04/06/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Mark Wahlberg is an effective weapon of mass destruction as an ex-marine set up to take the fall for an ugly political cover-up.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
04/06/07
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

It's the execution that matters, and for the most part ... the formula is executed well.

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04/02/07
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

This notion that villains might be identified and "dealt with" is rather quaint.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
04/01/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
 
 
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