a5c7b9f00b A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up. Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world&#39;s great marksmen and the son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He&#39;s left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he&#39;s recruited by a colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia. For a movie that entertains, Shooter definitely fulfills that role. Although you can ramble on about the dryness of the story, the action is worth the $9 ticket price. Mark Wahlberg plays a pretty good rolea Gunny. Even the rank itself is dry; of all the military ranks to portray a his charactera sniper…Gunnery Sergeant.<br/><br/>The action is very entertaining, and if you&#39;re a fan of military cinema and a fan of weapons, you&#39;ll definitely enjoy this movie. This is the type of movie you would watch with a bunch of guys; this definitely isn&#39;t romantic nor pleasant. The weapons and how the characters operate them were fairly accurate (which is more than I can say comparing it to most other typical action flicks). I was relieved to finally watch a movie where a bolt-action didn&#39;t have infinite rounds in them. Danny Glover did a terrific job of being a villain, a role that I would never see him play. He may have already, but I didn&#39;t see it.<br/><br/>Overall, a fun movie to watch, but I wouldn&#39;t expect this film to be nominated for anything. Don&#39;t expect this movie to be a masterpiece you can critique, but you can expect firefights, explosions, and a lot of killing. This is been one of my all-time top favorite movies since I saw it when it came out Bob Lee Swagger a sniper retired gets framed for the attempted assassination of the president and has to go through a series of events to try and clear his name Nonstop Action pulse-pounding Mark Wahlberg in his prime and at his best A screwy assassination thriller for these murky times, it takes half its pages from Soldier of Fortune and the other half from links provided by conspiracytheories-zapoppin.org.
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