Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (21 September 2007)

In as much as I went into this movie with somewhat low expectations, I came out shocked at how bad both the writing and the characters were handled. In the film, you are taken into the life of Bob lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) who is a scout sniper with the military. He loses his partner on a mission which went awry and we're off. Now the rest of plot functions like a paint by numbers. Kill shoot, frame, repeat. Some of the actions sequences were very well designed and executed -- I also think that Antoine Fuqua might be a good choice for a Ghost Recon movie if it ever gets made, as this sequence (I won't spoil it as it's one of the best designed set-pieces in the film) was it's only redeeming quality and the only reason I finished watching it. I expected more...a lot more.