Shooter (2007)

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. After being double crossed for the attempt and on the run, he sets out for the real killer and the truth.

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Writers:

Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay), Stephen Hunter (novel)

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra

2 nominations.

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
Louis Ferreira	...	Howard Purnell (as Justin Louis)
Tate Donovan	...	Russ Turner
Rade Serbedzija	...	Michael Sandor (as Rade Sherbedgia)
A.C. Peterson	...	Officer Stanley Timmons (as Alan C. Peterson)
Ned Beatty	...	Senator Charles F. Meachum
Lane Garrison	...	Donnie Fenn
Zak Santiago	...	Senior Agent
Michael-Ann Connor	...	Junior Agent

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

on the run | government agent | sniper | sniper rifle | voyeur | 

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Taglines:

Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Ned Beatty as Senator Meachum gave his reality speech about no Suni no Shites and only so many seats at the table to Bob Lee Swagger played by Wahlberg. Beatty also gave a similar reality speech about no religions and no Arabs in the 1976 film "Network" to actor Peter Finch as newscaster Howard Beale.

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Goofs

Although I-95 is next to Market and Columbus in Philadelphia, it is on the ground and not an elevated bridge as in the film.

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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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Alternate Versions

Some television airings use alternate takes with less blood and gore. For example, when Swagger shoots Payne in the hand, it is shown in a wide shot, instead of the bloody closeup in the theatrical release. And when Swagger shoots Payne again, instead of Payne's arm being blown off, as in the theatrical release, he is hit in the shoulder and simply falls down in a wide shot.

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Connections

Featured in Independence Hall (2007)

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Soundtracks

Nasty Letter
Written and Performed by Otis Taylor
Courtesy of Telarc International Corporation
By Arrangement with Music for the Masses

User Reviews

Engaging, worth seeing.

I had the opportunity to catch an advance screening of this film the other day. Similarities to other projects aside, I was impressed by the use of some of the newer military technology involved. The film was both engaging and entertaining, and Mark Wahlberg did a very good job of portraying the character in all of his idiosyncrasies. It was good to see Danny Glover again as I have not had the opportunity to see him in any films of late. His character was not exactly multidimensional but I would assume that it was what the writing called for, and certainly different from the one he portrays in the "Lethal Weapon" series, not much comedy here. Now if I could only get a hold of the script... Needless to say, my wife and I enjoyed the movie very much and would definitely recommend to go and see it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Tireur d'élite

Filming Locations:

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$61,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,523,571, 25 March 2007

Gross USA:

$47,003,582

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$95,696,996

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Grosvenor Park Impact Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1