An impressive shoot-’em-up, work-it-out action drama.
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04/21/07
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.
Theatrical Release:13-04-2007
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,... [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Rhona Mitra, Rade Sherbedgia
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Reviews for Shooter
Top CriticThe cinematic equivalent of one of those chunky special-forces-porn airport novels.
04/14/07
Top CriticUltimately, it’s just a vigilante picture with ideas above its station.
04/14/07
Top CriticThe film’s weird, thin politics become harder to swallow as it lurches from set-up to set-up.
04/12/07
Top CriticThere are plenty of things wrong with Shooter but the quantity and indeed the quality of the explosions isn't one of them.
04/12/07
It's no masterpiece, but it's way better than the usual big gun/small brain fare.
04/10/07
Top CriticIt 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.
03/03/08
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01/15/08
... the twists within twists become so laughable that you can't take anything seriously... the only thing missing here is a laugh track.
08/26/07
If you don't mind watching a rerun of a few other, better, spy thrillers, Shooter isn't half bad.
07/29/07
Despite its slew of genre cliches, Shooter works in fits and starts as a valentine to a simpler era in action films.
06/25/07
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.
06/15/07
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04/28/07
Halfway decent script, good acting, good chases and stuff gets blown up. What more do you want? Godzilla?
04/14/07
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
04/13/07
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.
04/07/07
Shooter is a real stinker.
04/06/07
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.
04/06/07
It's the execution that matters, and for the most part ... the formula is executed well.
04/02/07
This notion that villains might be identified and "dealt with" is rather quaint.
04/01/07
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