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Shooter (2007) -- A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
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Shooter (2007) -- A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why

Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   59,230 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Stephen Hunter (based upon the novel "Point of Impact" by)
Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 March 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice.
Plot:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mark Wahlberg ... Bob Lee Swagger

Michael Peña ... Nick Memphis

Danny Glover ... Colonel Isaac Johnson

Kate Mara ... Sarah Fenn

Elias Koteas ... Jack Payne

Rhona Mitra ... Alourdes Galindo
Jonathan Walker ... Louis Dobbler

Justin Louis ... Howard Purnell
Tate Donovan ... Russ Turner

Rade Serbedzija ... Michael Sandor (as Rade Sherbedgia)

Alan C. Peterson ... Officer Stanley Timmons

Ned Beatty ... Senator Charles F. Meachum

Lane Garrison ... Donnie Fenn

Zak Santiago ... Senior Agent
Michael-Ann Connor ... Junior Agent
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic violence and some language.
Runtime:
124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Stephen Hunter, the author on whose novel the film is based, is a Pulitizer Prize winning film critic for the Washington Post. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the car wash scene, Swagger is applying Quikclot to two wounds, one in the shoulder/pectoral area and one in the abdomen. Later, Fenn is cleaning the shoulder/pectoral wound, but there is no abdomen wound. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Donnie Fenn: Movement. Two men. Approximately... forty goats.
Bob Lee Swagger: They're not on anybody's side. We don't have to shoot them.
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References Network (1976) more
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Nasty Letter more

FAQ

I don't understand why they shot the Archbishop and why they needed Swagger?
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210 out of 318 people found the following comment useful.
Amazing, 24 March 2007
10/10
Author: (thecrow22) from United States

I came into this film with loads of skepticism, but I came out feeling completely the opposite. Shooter takes you into the life of retired Marine Scout Sniper Bob Lee Swagger, who retired after a mission went completely wrong. He is called back to give information as to how someone would be able to kill the president from over a mile away. He ends up being framed for the attempted murder of the president, and the murder of an archbishop of Ethopia, and must prove his innocence, at any cost.

Mark Wahlberg does a perfect job of portraying a detached veteran who has no respect for the government, and really brings the character to you. He is backed up by an outstanding Michael Pena and Danny Glover who add to the film like no one else could. The only real complaint is that Kate Mara's character, the widowed wife of Swagger's best friend seems to only play two emotions, distressed, or hysterical, and it does get annoying, though she plays the part well. Elias Kosteas did a good job playing Jack Payne, a borderline psychotic government agent, though at times his part seems over the top.

All in all this film blew me away and I couldn't have loved it more. Anyone who is into action movies of any kind definitely needs to see this movie.

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