Moronic

Rating: 2/10 (27 May 2009)

I enjoy good action movies, I really do. That being said, it is a general requirement of mine that such movies are intelligent enough to keep me from yelling at the screen over the sheer stupidity of it all.
Shooter has no redeeming quality. The story is essentially the same as countless other forgettable "thrillers." A man, in this case Mark Wahlberg, trusts for no reason whatsoever, is betrayed by, and is underestimated by a nameless entity with seemingly limitless power and capital. Despite this power, and the skill in knowledge one might think it would require to acquire this power, said man then kills them all. Secondary characters include the attractive girl who can't act that this man seduces and a young whippersnapper of a sidekick who gets no respect from his boss, and then "shows him."