OK, But Kind of Flat

Rating: 7/10 (22 September 2007)

Shooter was an alright movie, nothing special though. I don't see why people really think the movie is like an old school action movie, it may at times, but not really. Everyone thinks its like an 80's action movie, like Rambo. Yes, Whalberg may be a military killing machine on the run from cops and government guys, but that doesn't automatically make it an old school action movie. Whalberg did kill quite a few guys, but he wasn't mowing down people and wild gunplay and blowing everything up in sight. That's what an 80's action movie is, mowing down a bunch of people, and blowing a whole lot of stuff and all that. It may have had a resemblance of an old school action movie, but not much.
There was quite a bit of talk, but the talking isn't all that great. There is a lot of action, but not constant. I kind of like the opening action scene, the snowing mountains action scene, and kind of the farmhouse part, but the ending was okay. The action dident seem to go on and on. There isn't much to the characters and the dialoge and stuff is flat, isn't too interesting. It was pretty violent, and kind of gory, but blood isn't exacally all over the place.
An okay action movie, but i guess it could have been a little bit better. People said it was like an old school action movie, but i dident think it was very old school, and that's what kind of disappointed me.