Your Average Action Film

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2007)

I attended an advanced screening for Shooter last night and must admit I left the theater disappointed. I'm going to assume most of you have seen the trailer so you have a general idea what the film is about. And after seeing the film, I can say that the trailer pretty much shows you the entire film. Wahlberg plays yet another typical patriotic bad-ass but at least he played the role well. I didn't really buy into Danny Glover as the bad guy. But the film does at least feature a few memorable comedic bits (remember the "Shovel" speech, hilarious!) My biggest problem with the film was the ending and I won't spoil much but it just dragged too long before the ultimate climax. Overall, an average action film that maybe would have gotten a PG-13 had it not been for all the head shots. See it for Wahlberg's first good acting role since his Oscar nomination for The Departed.