10thzodiac
03-23-07, 06:35 PM
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SHOOTER
I and the Mrs. seen this movie this afternoon, if you like well directed non-stop action, this Gunnery Sergeant will have you creaming in your jeans.
Half way through the movie the wife was suppose to switch shows (multi-plex) and see her movie, "Wild Hogs" , instead she stayed and Finished "Shooter".
http://www.shootermovie.com/
Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine Corps sniper who leaves the military after a mission goes bad. After he is reluctantly pressed back into service, Swagger is double-crossed again. With two bullets in him and the subject of a nationwide manhunt, Swagger begins his revenge, which will take down the most powerful people in the country.
Shooter does what any good thriller should accomplish - it thrills. It's fast-paced, energetic, and doesn't follow a path that seems pre-ordained from the beginning. Director Antoine Fuqua recovers from the disastrous misfire of King Arther to provide us with the kind of movie one might reasonably expect from the director of Training Day. Despite the modern trappings, there's something retro about the way the proceedings unfold. It's the good guys against the bad guys, with impossible odds and only one way out. These are the kinds of films Stallone and Schwarzenegger made while at the height of their popularity. What differentiates Shooter from its '80s precursors is that Wahlberg is a superior actor and the mood has shifted from Reagan-era jingoism to Bush-era cynicism. Swagger uses Rambo-like tactics, but at heart he's the anti-Rambo.
Shooter really isn't overtly political. (For example, we don't know whether the President is a Democrat or Republican, and it doesn't matter.) It gets in its jabs, but this is primarily the struggle of one man against the system, and that's a battle everyone can relate to. The movie taps into something visceral in each of us and keeps us wondering what Swagger will do next and how he will escape from each successive trap. Involvement is key to any thriller's success and Shooter delivers it. Even in a climate where the pervasive influence of 24 can be argued to have caused "thriller fatigue," Shooter is worth the price of admission.
"Shooter" feeds on a global audience's cynicism regarding the evil that men do in the name of freedom and for a good price on crude oil. Mainly, though, it's about finding different, audience-stoking ways to shoot people in the head.
SHOOTER
I and the Mrs. seen this movie this afternoon, if you like well directed non-stop action, this Gunnery Sergeant will have you creaming in your jeans.
Half way through the movie the wife was suppose to switch shows (multi-plex) and see her movie, "Wild Hogs" , instead she stayed and Finished "Shooter".
http://www.shootermovie.com/
Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine Corps sniper who leaves the military after a mission goes bad. After he is reluctantly pressed back into service, Swagger is double-crossed again. With two bullets in him and the subject of a nationwide manhunt, Swagger begins his revenge, which will take down the most powerful people in the country.
Shooter does what any good thriller should accomplish - it thrills. It's fast-paced, energetic, and doesn't follow a path that seems pre-ordained from the beginning. Director Antoine Fuqua recovers from the disastrous misfire of King Arther to provide us with the kind of movie one might reasonably expect from the director of Training Day. Despite the modern trappings, there's something retro about the way the proceedings unfold. It's the good guys against the bad guys, with impossible odds and only one way out. These are the kinds of films Stallone and Schwarzenegger made while at the height of their popularity. What differentiates Shooter from its '80s precursors is that Wahlberg is a superior actor and the mood has shifted from Reagan-era jingoism to Bush-era cynicism. Swagger uses Rambo-like tactics, but at heart he's the anti-Rambo.
Shooter really isn't overtly political. (For example, we don't know whether the President is a Democrat or Republican, and it doesn't matter.) It gets in its jabs, but this is primarily the struggle of one man against the system, and that's a battle everyone can relate to. The movie taps into something visceral in each of us and keeps us wondering what Swagger will do next and how he will escape from each successive trap. Involvement is key to any thriller's success and Shooter delivers it. Even in a climate where the pervasive influence of 24 can be argued to have caused "thriller fatigue," Shooter is worth the price of admission.
"Shooter" feeds on a global audience's cynicism regarding the evil that men do in the name of freedom and for a good price on crude oil. Mainly, though, it's about finding different, audience-stoking ways to shoot people in the head.