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Shooter (2007)
Mini summary:
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, Shooter revolves around Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) a U.S. Army Sniper, who after a mission goes awry retreats to a self-imposed exile. He is lured out by Colonel Issac Fitzsimmons Johnson (Danny Glover) to plan a presidential assasination as if he were going to execute it in an attempt to find an alleged sniper aiming to end the president's life. Swagger eventually finds out he's the butt of the joke and that he's being framed for the would-be assasination.
My take:
Going into this with respect for anyone who has the patience to lay in uncomfortable positions staring through a scope for hours, I had every intention on enjoying it and I wasn't let down. The story is nothing suprisingly new, someone wants to kill the president, but they don't want to take the fall for it, so they bring someone in under the illusion that they will be providing technical advice, and they end up being the prime suspect.
I found it funny that at times when Danny Glover's character is in the car, he talks as if he's got something in his mouth that is not allowing him to talk right, but when he's out of the car, he talks fine with no hinderence whatsoever.
Along for the ride is Michael Pena (World Trade Center) as FBI Agent Nick Memphis who suspects from the get-go that Swagger is innocent, but is scorned by his superiors for suggesting such things.
The action is slow at first, but gets going shortly after the shots are fired in the direction of the president. While one thing is apparent throughout, there's never really a reason why this group of individuals, including a US Senator, want the president dead. Some of the segments are a bit unbelieveable not so much from an action standpoint, but normal everyday life.
Is it a sure bet you'll get enough action out of this to satisfy your craving? Of course, there's explosions, sniper rifles, and MORE! And if you act right now, we'll also through in a mild romantic sidebar to the story.
Is it worth renting? Yes. Is it worth buying? Eh, watch it first.
My rating:
7 out of 10
Mini summary:
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, Shooter revolves around Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) a U.S. Army Sniper, who after a mission goes awry retreats to a self-imposed exile. He is lured out by Colonel Issac Fitzsimmons Johnson (Danny Glover) to plan a presidential assasination as if he were going to execute it in an attempt to find an alleged sniper aiming to end the president's life. Swagger eventually finds out he's the butt of the joke and that he's being framed for the would-be assasination.
My take:
Going into this with respect for anyone who has the patience to lay in uncomfortable positions staring through a scope for hours, I had every intention on enjoying it and I wasn't let down. The story is nothing suprisingly new, someone wants to kill the president, but they don't want to take the fall for it, so they bring someone in under the illusion that they will be providing technical advice, and they end up being the prime suspect.
I found it funny that at times when Danny Glover's character is in the car, he talks as if he's got something in his mouth that is not allowing him to talk right, but when he's out of the car, he talks fine with no hinderence whatsoever.
Along for the ride is Michael Pena (World Trade Center) as FBI Agent Nick Memphis who suspects from the get-go that Swagger is innocent, but is scorned by his superiors for suggesting such things.
The action is slow at first, but gets going shortly after the shots are fired in the direction of the president. While one thing is apparent throughout, there's never really a reason why this group of individuals, including a US Senator, want the president dead. Some of the segments are a bit unbelieveable not so much from an action standpoint, but normal everyday life.
Is it a sure bet you'll get enough action out of this to satisfy your craving? Of course, there's explosions, sniper rifles, and MORE! And if you act right now, we'll also through in a mild romantic sidebar to the story.
Is it worth renting? Yes. Is it worth buying? Eh, watch it first.
My rating:
7 out of 10