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Mar 23, 2007 · Shooter: Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara. A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after hearing of a plot to kill the President.
- (356K)
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Antoine Fuqua
- 2007-03-23
Shooter (2007), stupid and illogical ending. This movie is pretty entertaining but the ending is so dumb it angered me. (Obvious spoilers ahead) In the movie Mark Wahlberg's character Bob Lee Swagger is framed for attempting to kill the President. The attempt "misses" and actually killed who was standing next to him, an Ethiopian Orthodox bishop.
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is a 2007 action thriller film based on Stephen Hunter's 1993 novel Point of Impact and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Shooter stars Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a self-exiled and retired Marine sniper with a reputation as one of the most dangerous men alive. He is brought to action by a plot to assassinate the President of the United States.
During a reconnaissance mission in Ethiopia, U.S. Marines Bob Lee Swagger and Donnie Fenn observe farmers and goats from their post on a cliff. Donnie looks at a photo of his wife, Sarah, as Bob Lee continues to look into the distance. A storm brews on the horizon.
Friendly forces begin their pass through the valley below, an opposing vehicle heads their way. Donnie spots as Bob Lee routinely snipes the gunner and his driver. As their mission seemingly ends and they prepare to leave, a larger enemy convoy approaches their forces' rear and they stay to neutralize them. As they progress, the opposing forces begin firing artillery in their general direction. Donnie calls for backup, but the commander forces the operation to be shut down as they are in a country they are "not supposed to be in," leaving he and Bob Lee to fend for themselves.
An enemy attack chopper locates and closes in on them as they find that their communications have been killed. The chopper makes its first pass and misses them, allowing Bob Lee to take shots at it as Donnie covers his rear. On its return pass, the chopper's fire hits Donnie in the abdomen, killing him instantly. Bob Lee mourns his friend's death as the chopper leaves, believing them both to be dead. In an act of rage and revenge, Bob Lee shoots at the chopper and manages to take it down before it can reach him.
Three years later, Bob Lee calls for his dog, Sam, atop a remote mountain in Wyoming, on which he has isolated himself following his return to the country. They enter his cabin, and Sam fetches Bob Lee a beer from the fridge. He opens his beer and begins reading news on his laptop.
In Langley, a wheelchair-bound man, Michaylo Sczerbiak, enters an office and presents the three others present with a dossier regarding Bob Lee Swagger and, particularly, his final mission in which Donnie was killed. Colonel Isaac Johnson, Jack Payne, and Brent Dobbler note how his superiors left him, regarding him as expendable, but he managed to survive it despite this. "I guess Bob Lee didn't think he was expendable," says Johnson.
Minus Sczerbiak, they travel to Bob Lee's home, discussing his isolated lifestyle on the way. As they approach, Sam barks and alerts Bob Lee to their presence. He emerges and tells them to leave, but Johnson introduces himself and tells him that some business needs his attention. Bob Lee disagrees and tells them once more to leave, but Payne begins to call for Sam. He is told not to come closer, but Bob Lee's subtle threats against him cause him to reach for his gun, for which Johnson calls him to stop. Johnson tosses Bob Lee his own Congressional Medal of Honor as a token of goodwill, buying him a few minutes of conversation.
•Mark Wahlberg as Gunnery Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger
•Michael Peña as Special Agent Nick Memphis
•Danny Glover as Colonel Isaac Johnson
•Kate Mara as Sarah Fenn
•Elias Koteas as Jack Payne
•Ned Beatty as Senator Charles F. Meachum
- The rifle used in Shooter (2007) by GySgt. Swagger to test a 1 mile shot was an M200 Cheytac
-When Swagger rescues Agent Memphis and calls him “Pork,” this is a reference to what Swagger was called when trained as a scout sniper in the book Point of Impact
Sarah Fenn: Well, they said you shot your dog 'cause you knew you weren't coming back. Colonel Isaac Johnson: Sometimes to catch a wolf you need to tie the bait to a tree. Michael Sandor: Then what happens to the bait. Colonel Isaac Johnson: Hard to say, but thats the nature of being the bait.
Shooter is a 2007 film directed by Antoine Fuqua, based on the 1993 novel ''Point Of Impact'' by Stephen Hunter, although it does deviate from the source material in several parts. Bob Lee Swagger ( Mark Wahlberg) is a former Marine Scout Sniper who was disillusioned with the government after he was left behind enemy lines during a mission ...
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It has plenty of fights and explosions. It has a beautiful girl (Kate Mara) in the supporting role (who unfortunately doesn’t bare anything). Ultimately, I felt more time was needed to make Shooter a more polished product. There were just too many leaps of faith necessary for me to fully endorse this film.
