Shooter

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2013)

In Shooter Mark Wahlberg plays the role of Bob Lee Swagger, a one time sniper for the military who quits after a disastrous mission in Ethiopia gets his friend killed when they are left behind. Years go by and he is a loner in the Rockies until hired by a colonel to find out how an assassin is going to try and kill the president and help stop it. But when it finally all goes down he is framed for the attempted assassination of the president as well as an archbishop of Ethiopia tying back to the awful incident which made him leave the army. Forced to go on the run Swagger has only so much time to prove his own side of the story before he is hunted down. Wahlberg does a great job as the detached, almost apathetic man with no respect for authority as he tries to escape his past life as well as the troubles of the present. With twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat just as much as the rest of the action Shooter is a good film not to be missed.