Mark Wahlberg at his best!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2007)

When I first decided to watch Shooter, I was a little nervous about the violence, but soon discovered that the action in the movie covered up the brutal, close-up violence.
Shooter is the story of Bob Lee Swagger, a former Marine Sniper who retired from the military when his best friend/spotter was killed and he was left alone in a foreign country to fend for himself. Three years later: A mysterious man, Colonel Issac Johnson, approaches Swagger and asks him to plan a presidential assassination.The plan will never be carried out though. This is the only way to discover where someone(who REALLY wants to kill the president) would do it. Bob Lee decides to help and soon finds himself framed for the assassination attempt on the President of the US.
Shot twice and running from every initialed agency in DC, he goes to Sarah, the widow of his best friend, who was in nursing school for some time. She helps him re-gain his strength and heal, not to mention does several favors for him. With the help of her and young,handsome FBI agent Nick Memphis he takes down the conspirators who have framed him for murder.
Bob Lee Swagger brings a whole new meaning to the word "sniper" and is excellently portrayed by the astonishingly muscular Mark Wahlberg(Four Brothers, The Italian Job). Also in the cast as Sarah Fenn is Kate Mara(24) and, as FBI Special Agent Nick Memphis is Michael Pena(World Trade Center) with Danny Glover as Colonel Issac Johnson.
If you're looking for a good movie with lots of action, a little subtle romance and some hard-core butt kicking, you'll love Shooter!