Shooter

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 03 23 (USA)

UPC: 097363303046

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Profanity]

Summary: A top Marine sniper who previously abandoned the military after a routine mission gave way to tragedy is double-crossed by the government after reluctantly being pressured back into service in Training Day director Antoine Fuqua's adaptation of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact. There was a time when Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) was the best trigger-man in the military, but after growing disillusioned with the system, he disappeared without a trace. When high-profile government officials locate him at his remote mountain retreat following an extensive search, Swagger is coerced back into service in order to stop a determined assassin from taking out the President of the United States. In the process of carrying out his mission, however, Swagger suddenly realizes that he has been betrayed when he becomes the subject of a nationwide manhunt. Now wounded and desperate to reveal the culprits behind the conspiracy before it's too late, Swagger sets into motion a revenge plan that will send shock waves rippling to some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world. Danny Glover, Rhona Mitra, and Ned Beatty co-star in this conspiracy-driven action thriller that asks what it truly means to serve one's country. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Thriller

Features: 7 deleted scenes
Survival of the fittest: The making of Shooter
Commentary by director Antoine Fuqua
Featurette: "Independence Hall"

Shooter

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/26/2007

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 125 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Shooter
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19

Derek Armstrong

If there's one thing to be learned from Shooter, it's that a fancy gun and a couple long-range feats of accuracy do not a movie make. Continuing to show less promise with each film he's made since Training Day, director Antoine Fuqua nonetheless launches Shooter with a visually arresting opening, in which a pair of snipers are compromised in the Middle East. Jump ahead a couple years, and a grizzled Mark Wahlberg still obliterates soup cans through his sniper's scope at a distance of a mile -- now just a hobby in the snowy woods of Nowhere, USA. But once he and the movie leave that environment, things take a turn for the disastrous. Not only does Shooter cease to be about shooting, but it develops a disturbing vigilante tone that builds toward a bloody denouement, basically destroying the sympathy for Wahlberg's character. Yes, he's framed for attempting to assassinate the president, and yes, that's not nice. But his reaction is so out of scale with the acceptable approach for a hero, it leaves the sour taste of bullet metal in viewers' mouths. The problem undoubtedly lies in Jonathan Lemkin's script, which crucially fails to produce a narrative explanation for the conspiracy that ensnares our poor shooter. As far as Lemkin cared, "some guys wanted to kill somebody for some reason," and knowing that should be enough for some good set pieces. It might have been, if Fuqua had remembered what made him an exciting talent in the first place. Even in the otherwise underwhelming Tears of the Sun and King Arthur, Fuqua maintained his keen sense of what makes for a kinesthetic action sequence. But outside of Shooter's opening, he's forgotten even that. Which makes Shooter just as easy to forget. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Cast and Crew: Mark Johnson  Executive Producer 
Ric Kidney  Producer 
Mark Mancina  Composer (Music Score) 
Jonathan Lemkin  Screenwriter 
Antoine Fuqua  Director 
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura  Producer 
Erik Howsam  Executive Producer 
Mark Wahlberg  Actor 
Michael Peña  Actor 
Danny Glover  Actor 
Kate Mara  Actor 
Elias Koteas  Actor 
Rhona Mitra  Actor 
Rade Sherbedgia  Actor 
Levon Helm  Actor 
Ned Beatty  Actor 
Lane Garrison  Actor 
Tate Donovan  Actor 
Justin Louis  Actor 

Country: USA