SHOOTER
With
Mark
Wahlberg,
Michael
Pena,
Danny
Glover,
Kate
Mara,
Elias
Koteas,
Ned
Beatty,
Rhona
Mitra
Directed
by Antoine
Fuqua
The
"framed
Special
Forces
soldier"
is a
well
worn
theme,
but
Fuqua
gives
it a
tense
and
entertaining
angle.
After
a disastrous
sniper
mission
in Africa,
Bob
Lee
Swagger
retreats
to a
quiet
life
in the
mountains
–
until
the
government
asks
for
his
help
to prevent
an assassination
attempt
on the
president.
He is
framed
and
goes
on the
run,
but
gets
assistance
from
an insider
and
the
wife
of the
fellow
soldier
who
died
in the
African
operation.
Soon
they
uncover
a conspiracy
which
crawls
up the
political
ranks.
Wahlberg
is well
cast,
and
just
like
Matt
Damon
in the
Bourne
films,
a full
blown
action
star
would
detract
from
the
character
drama
and
political
undertones.
This
doesn’t
mean
Shooter
is low
on action
as he
goes
after
the
culprits.
Additional
material
includes
deleted
scenes,
a Making-Of
featurette,
a look
at one
of the
locations
and
a directors’
commentary
track.
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