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Shooter follows United States Marine Corps veteran Bob Lee Swagger, who is framed for murder by a rogue secret private military company unit. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.
There's enough unsettling paranoia that you don't exactly know how it's all going to turn out. It feels more like it could have come from the early '70s, when happy endings might not necessarily be right around the corner.
Shooter is nothing special, but a combination of appealing performances, intriguing plot twists and exciting action sequences mean that we're never less than entertained.
It jumps from typical action one-liners to political discussions about Abu Ghraib. I mean, you can't have a character named Swagger and expect me to take you seriously.
As the body count increases, the kills become so gratuitous that the effect is numbing, like watching a line of metal ducks get pinged at the state fair.
March 23, 2007
Time Out
The film's weird, thin politics become harder to swallow as it lurches from set-up to set-up.
It's one of those conspiracy thrillers that keeps on asking you to take a leap of faith, until you get tired of leaping and you just start laughing in all the wrong places.
March 26, 2007
Time Out
Ballistic fetishists and anticorporate activists will find common ground in each violent act against political fat cats, but the rest of us are left to wallow in the bloodlust and wonder who switched the reels.