Monday, April 21, 2008

Movie Review: Shooter

In Shooter Mark Wahlberg plays Bob Lee Swagger, a retired expert long distance sharp shooter. He lives in a mountain cabin that might be the same exterior from Commando. He's brought in to scout the location of a presidential speech because there are threats a sniper will try to assassinate him from a mile away. It's not giving too much away that Swagger was meant to the be fall guy and the film is one chase sequence and shoot out after another.

The action scenes reminded me those from First Blood in that you saw a trained expert use his skills. The overall plot is almost reasonable. The problem is that all the other characters, particularly the villains, are pretty dumb. Note to self, if you're a corrupt senior agent who runs covert operations, don't act blatantly corrupt to a judge. As the movie progresses, the plot elements used to connect the action sequences get dumber and dumber. The result is a film with a promising start and disappointing end.

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