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Overview
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Release Date:
29 January 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
One Shot. One Kill. No Exceptions.
Plot:
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills...
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Sniper
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Jungle
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Sniper Rifle
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Drug Lord
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Helicopter
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(5 articles)
Smokin’ Aces 2 Trailer
(From Filmofilia. 31 October 2009, 10:19 AM, PDT)
Foreign Objects: The Sniper (Sun cheung sau)
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 10 June 2009, 10:22 AM, PDT)
(From Filmofilia. 31 October 2009, 10:19 AM, PDT)
Foreign Objects: The Sniper (Sun cheung sau)
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 10 June 2009, 10:22 AM, PDT)
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Good psychological drama
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Berenger | ... | Thomas Beckett |
 | Billy Zane | ... | Richard Miller |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Chester Van Damme |
 | Aden Young | ... | Doug Papich |
| Ken Radley | ... | El Cirujano |
| Reynaldo Arenas | ... | Cacique (as Reinaldo Arenas) |
| Gary Swanson | ... | NSC Officer in Washington |
| Hank Garrett | ... | Admiral in Washington |
| Frederick Miragliotta | ... | General Miguel Alavarez |
| Vanessa Steele | ... | Mrs. Alvarez |
| Carlos Álvarez | ... | Raul Ochoa |
 | Tyler Coppin | ... | Ripoly (as Tyler Copin) |
 | Teo Gebert | ... | Ripolys Friend |
| Edward Wiley | ... | DeSilva |
| William Curtin | ... | Mountain Top Pilot |
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Runtime:
98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #31859) |
Iceland:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
South Korea:15 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:18 (cut) |
Norway:18 |
Peru:18 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
Spain:18
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Trivia:
The movie (along with several others) takes the story from Carlos Hathcock, who (in the myth) shot a enemy sniper through his scope and sending the bullet through the eye.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Beckett is a Master Gunny Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. However, the crew chief of the helicopter that extracts him in the opening scenes calls him "Gunny". The term "Gunny" is used as a familiarity with Gunnery Sergeants only, and a Master Gunnery Sergeant would NEVER be addressed as such. The closest appropriate term for a Master Gunnery Sergeant would be "Master Guns".
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Quotes:
Thomas Beckett:
What's that?
Richard Miller: Got it out of the catalogue when I was with D.C. SWAT. We called it "Gucciflage".
Thomas Beckett: [laughs] "Gucciflage"?
Richard Miller: [smirks] Yeah.
Thomas Beckett: You gonna wear that?
Richard Miller: Yeah.
Thomas Beckett: Let me see it.
[gets handed the "Gucciflage", inspects it, stretches it out, and then flings it out the train window]
Richard Miller: [frustrated] Nice shot!
Thomas Beckett: Ain't no room for Peter Pan on this hunt. You wear Corporal Papich's tree tux that I gave you.
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Richard Miller: Got it out of the catalogue when I was with D.C. SWAT. We called it "Gucciflage".
Thomas Beckett: [laughs] "Gucciflage"?
Richard Miller: [smirks] Yeah.
Thomas Beckett: You gonna wear that?
Richard Miller: Yeah.
Thomas Beckett: Let me see it.
[gets handed the "Gucciflage", inspects it, stretches it out, and then flings it out the train window]
Richard Miller: [frustrated] Nice shot!
Thomas Beckett: Ain't no room for Peter Pan on this hunt. You wear Corporal Papich's tree tux that I gave you.
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Movie Connections:
References Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
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Soundtrack:
Turn It Up
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I've heard people who say this movie is dull dull dull. I don't think they were watching the right movie. This isn't the prototypical action movie, thank God.
This is a psychological drama about the rookie and his mentor that just happens to be about killing people. In this way it works extremely well, with terrific performances from Berenger and Zane (who doesn't sleepwalk through the movie like he has in other roles - he actually looks like he's acting).
I was disappointed with the action towards the end - a lot of it didn't make much sense and was unsatisfying given the buildup from the rest of the movie. But watch Zane's face as he panics, alone, while Berenger does the dirty work.