Falls short in the second and third act.

Rating: 5/10 (19 August 2008)

Shooter stars Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover and is directed by Antoine Fugua. Mark Wahlberg plays a marksmen who, after witnessing the death of his best friend and 'spotter' goes living in exile but is pulled back into his job after learning of an assassination attempt on the Presidant of the United States. He applies for the job, but soon later is double-crossed and framed for the attempt. He then goes on the run to track down and kill the person who set him up.
The first act is by far the best in the film and as usual it sets the tone and pacing of the rest of the film. After an impressive first act i was hoping for this to be sustained or get better, but sadly it doesn't. Instead it lacks all the greatness that the first act gave us and piles up a slow and steady decline of poor pacing, acting and not enough action.
After having high hopes of seeing a great film full of thrills, good acting, explosions and excitement i was greatly disappointed.