Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)

Snipers ordered to protect a gas pipeline from terrorists suspect a security breach when they're targeted by a ghost shooter who knows their location.

Director:

Don Michael Paul

Writers:

Michael Frost Beckner (based on characters created by), Crash Leyland (based on characters created by)

Stars:

Chad Michael Collins, Billy Zane, Dennis Haysbert

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chad Michael Collins	...	Brandon Beckett
Billy Zane	...	Miller
Dennis Haysbert	...	Colonel
Nick Gomez	...	Cervantes
Ravil Isyanov	...	Andrei Mashkov
Stephanie Vogt	...	Slater
Enoch Frost	...	Barnes
Presciliana Esparolini	...	Aungst
Dominic Mafham	...	Bidwell
Navid Negahban	...	Mothershed
Naveed Choudhry	...	Saajid
Vladimir Kolev	...	Col. Babayev
Velislav Pavlov	...	Gazakov
Jade Ogugua	...	Rojas
Mike Straub	...	Maines

Storyline

Elite snipers Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) and Richard Miller (Billy Zane) tasked with protecting a Georgian gas pipeline from terrorists looking to make a statement. When the battle with the enemy starts it leads to snipers being killed by a ghost shooter who knows their exact location. Tensions boil as a security breach is suspected. Is there someone working with the enemy on the inside? Is the mission a front for other activity? Is the Colonel pulling the strings?

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | sixth part | direct to video | terrorist | terrorist group | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sequences of violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

This marks the second time that Tom Berenger doesn't reprise his role as Thomas Beckett in the Sniper (1993) franchise. The first being Sniper: Reloaded (2011).

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Goofs

At around 17:52 in the movie the sniper who tries to shoot "Junior" with a Dragunov looks through the sight PSO-1 and incorrectly ranges the actor as being closer than 100m, which is completely wrong as the scope has a ranging etching on the left side. A person 200m away 1.7m tall should be as tall as the first rightmost etch, while in the movie the sniper is approx. 300m away. The target should not be that big, as the scope magnifies 4x only.

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Connections

Follows Sniper 3 (2004)

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Soundtracks

Cover me
Written by Koner Memili and Simge Yildrim
Courtesy by APM Music

User Reviews

A Fresh Perspective on Sniper Movies

19 February 2017. This rather mainstream, action-thriller incorporates the penchant of bigger and thus perhaps better movie making philosophy by taking some good sniper movies and placing them in a somewhat larger geo-political arena and using a large special ops team instead of the individual sniper and spotter concept. A superb comparison is Jean-Jacques Annaud's Enemy at the Gates (2001) starring Jude Law and Ed Harris one of the most psychologically intense and balance movies about snipers, this one set during World War II Germany. Another nice comparison for super-charged, hi-tech political thriller would be Tony Scott's Spy Game starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt that came out the same year.

Sniper has the exciting, energizing musicality of The Bourne Identity (2002) and the rich exotic flair of foreign Cityscapes of Bond movies. What Sniper offers is the incorporation of the fascinating intensity of specialized lethal killing along with the use of technology and teamwork against an almost as astute adversary. Yet this movie falls a bit short of the adversarial balance of Enemy at the Gates and the complex machinations of Spy Game.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sniper: Ghost Shooter

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Destination Films, UFO International Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color