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Synopsis:
Shooter is Mark Wahlberg's latest
flick to hit the home video market.
Wahlberg stars as Bob Lee Swagger, a
former military sniper who the
government enlists to assist them in
preventing an assassination attempt
on the President of The United
States. Swagger never sees the setup
coming and before long finds himself
painted as the patsy in the
attempted assassination.
Swagger
finds his way to his former
partner's girlfriend Sarah's house.
I never do understand how people who
are wanted by the law for murder can
convince beautiful women who hardly
know them to take them in and help
them in commiting more crimes, but
in movieland it does work that way
and this time as well for Swagger.
Kate Mara plays the fore-mentioned
Sarah and does everything you think
she would in the film, from having a
scene where she's half naked with a
gun (see pic) to putting nursing
skills to work in stitching up the
hero's wounds. Danny Glover and Ned
Beatty have villainous roles as the
political backbone of the conspiracy
and are as stereotypical as she is,
failing to register one original
characteristic in the entire 2 hours
of the film.
The
Freak's Rating: B : I must preface by saying that Mark
Wahlberg is one of my personal
favorite actors, so I apologize for
any biased spin on reviews of his
films. He should have won an Oscar for
Boogie Nights and his creativity on
Entourage makes it one of the funniest
shows on TV. Now on to the movie
review...
Now with all that said you might
think I didn't like the film. On the
contrary, I really enjoyed it.
Shooter isn't a movie you watch for
a water-tight plot, relatable
characters or realistic action
scenes. You realize going in that
this is a "popcorn movie". It is
entertainment, pure and simple. My
friend Jeff and I just had a phone
conversation comparing film to food.
There are films that I know have
good content, characters and
storylines that will make me think.
These are the films with good
nutritional value. On the flip side,
there are films with zero
nutritional content. These films
won't make me think, won't make me
change my life or care about
anything that I didn't beforehand.
However, they may entertain the hell
out of me. Shooter is "junk food"
cinema and in this case it
satisifies the craving.
Angie's Rating: C : I like Wahlberg,
but this film just didn't measure up for me. It's been awhile since I've seen
it, but my overall thoughts after I saw it were, "I'll probably never watch that
again and that was disappointing. It wasn't bad really... it just failed to
interest me.
Eric's Rating: B : I just like
this kind of stuff. For an action it's what I want. Here I am, I am the
demographic they want. I hope senators are not really like that, but why is it
kind of believable?
Zach T's
Rating: A+ : It totally lived up to its expectations. It also had a great
story line that made sense. It also had alot of action seens.
Connor's Rating: A+ : This movie is a must see its really action packed
and awesome! its worth owning and watching over and over too
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