Good action drama. With a great plot and a big twist of conspiracy and corruption.

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2007)

"Shooter" so far has to be one of the best movies, I've seen of 2007 due to it's interesting plot and well paced action. The story is good you have Mark Wahlberg as an ex-marine and experienced marksman who is one day called in by some former associates to conduct a supposed assassination on the president only to have him prevent it! Well this is a big frame up by corrupt government people especially ring leader federal man played by movie vet Danny Glover. So then the attempt is to unmask the real assassins of an archbishop and not the intended president! And the framing begins as the government tries to prove the bullet came from the Wahlberg characters weapon, leading to a wild chase from Philadelphia to Kentucky and Virgina and ending up in the nations capital for a climax. And plenty of fun is experienced watching this movie with it's action and will to survive and it was good to see Ned Beatty as a corrupt U.S. senator who's in on the benefit of schemes to help his power. This is a likable film due to the action and acting of Wahlberg and it does a good job of showing about government corruption and right-wing federal conspiracies. It gives hope that real justice like that of the old west or Rambo style needs to be brought back to the real world. Hopefully this film can also spark a new franchise for Mark.