Mark Wahlberg comes of age.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2007)

Although I wanted to slap him for Italian Job, that wretched remake of a perfectly good film, I must say he's done quite well in this movie about a sharpshootin' sniper with a score to settle.
The good guys are really good and always risk it all while the bad guys are really bad and responsible for just about every bad thing you can think of. There's a good conspiracy added in for good measure and we have a number of good reasons to go running around shooting at each other.
What you will find different in this action flick is what was made cult-like popular with SNIPER series- "one shot- one kill" the precision and calm of the sniper is scary in and of itself and is portrayed pretty well in this film. Of course- some of the action has to be total Hollywood style- this isn't a documentary.
Political corruption, the number one reason why Americans want to kick someone's ass right about now, is covered heavily in this film about ... THE PLOT: A sniper gets caught up in a conspiracy to murder a government official- guess who gets blamed when someone dies unexpectedly? Yeah.. markie mark.. RUN MARKY MARK RUN!!!