
Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world's great marksmen and the son of a Medal of Honor recipient, is a loner living in the Rockies. He's left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he's recruited by a colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded ... (Full plot summary below)
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Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world's great marksmen and the son of a Medal of Honor recipient, is a loner living in the Rockies. He's left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he's recruited by a colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia.
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| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderIt has just enough straight-faced bravado that you can sort of buy it, the same way you swallow the addictive preposterousness of '24' every week. |
| Movies.comDave WhiteThere's enough unsettling paranoia that you don't exactly know how it's all going to turn out. It feels more like it could have come from the early '70s, when happy endings might not necessarily be right around the corner. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatYet another movie selling violence and revenge as the answer to our political problems. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThe thinking person's 'Rambo'--depending on the thinking person's IQ--but gorgeous British Columbia scenery, awesome explosions, make it all worth the price. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. Kimmel...a great popcorn movie. It won't make you think, but it won't insult your intelligence either. |
| Sacramento BeeCarla MeyerWithout Wahlberg's rock-solid presence as a former Marine sniper turned hunted man, the mediocrity of Shooter would be clearer sooner. |
| Reel.comGary Goldstein[Writer Jonathan Lemkin] never streamlined the plot enough to make this the fully accessible 'popcorn picture' it aims to be. Frankly, I defy any average moviegoer to accurately recount Shooter's knotty story. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA high-caliber action movie that gives '70s revenge fantasies a contemporary spin. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussShooter knows what it's aiming for and is consistently, satisfyingly on-target. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussA less musclebound 'Rambo' reimagined for the politically disgusted era of Dubya... |