Sneaky sniper-action saves this movie from mediocrity.

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2007)

I love sniper flicks and this one was pretty good. The sniping seemed dead-on to me, though the only thing I can compare it with are other sniper movies
The first part is a bit slow as they lay out most of the story. The story is kinda cliché and predictable, but not as hollow as one would fear. The movie really comes to live during the action scenes, sniping or just general shooting or fighting, it's good. What bugged me about the first part was that there were a lot of scenes of a weirdly grunting Marky Mark after getting some lead pumped into him. They kinda stretched that too long, just like the car chase.
Part 2 is grand. A lot of violent action. The more general action seemed a bit over the top, but the sniping once again ruled supreme. There are some nice plot twists but they'll only surprise you because the storytelling is so crappy (Which brings up the question if bad story telling can actually improve a mediocre script )
The acting in general was OK, not Mark's best but not awful either. He's believable though I felt like he kinda changed his southern accent thingy around a bit inconsistently. Danny Glover's lisp and messed up voice kinda annoyed me, same goes for the other old guys (Ned Beatty?) who seemed to just wheel in their performances. The guy playing the wheelchair bound military dude was good, I think he plays Gredenko on 24 so I kept waiting for someone to cut his arm off, but alas, no such luck.
If you like action movies you should definitely watch it.