Shooter - hmmm.....maybe, maybe not.

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2007)

As far as action movies of this day and age go this one was quite good, plenty of action and lots of blood. The opening sequence was very well done and epitomised the kind of work snipers and spotters have to deal with. This aside, the rest of the film seemed to lose focus, the main plot gets moved up and down and side to side so many times that it made it hard to keep track of who was good, who was bad or who was just there to be shot.....I was always waiting for a sucker punch that never came. Mark Wahlberg's stock has increased in Hollywood over the last 3 or 4 years ever since "Four Brothers" and most definitely "The Departed" so he could pretty much make a TV movie right now and still appear in the next Scorsese flick.
All in all an enjoyable watch but no Oscar nominations for this one.