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Shooter [Blu-ray] | ![Shooter [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V4xRMnKDL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peņa, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  254 reviews
Sales Rank: 1134
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 130070
UPC: 097361300702
EAN: 0097361300702
ASIN: B000QUEQBS
Theatrical Release Date: March 23, 2007
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Paramount Shooter (Blu-ray)
Get ready for edge-of-your-seat thrills as Mark Wahlberg ignites the screen in his most compelling role yet: the "Shooter." When respected former Marine scout sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) is pressed into service to stop an assassination attempt against the President, the unthinkable occurs: he's double-crossed and framed for the attempt. Determined to prove his innocence,the rogue shooter is now in a high-tension race from every law enforcement agency in the country and a shadowy organization that wants him dead. From"Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua comes a gripping film co-starring Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon 4") and Michael Pena ("World Trade Center"). Joel Siegel of Good Morning America proclaims that "'Shooter' is a thriller ...with a ton of white-knuckle action.".
Amazon.com
A movie that would not have been out of place in the run of paranoid-political thrillers of the 1970s, Shooter works an entertaining variation on the assassination picture. Mark Wahlberg, carrying over good mojo from The Departed, slides neatly into the character of Bob Lee Swagger, master marksman. Swagger has retreated from his duty as an off-the-books hired gun for the military, having become disillusioned with his government (switching on his TV at his remote mountain cabin, he mutters, "Let's see what kind of lies they're trying to sell us today."). Ah, but the government needs Swagger to scope out the location of a rumored attempt on the life of the president, so a shadowy government operative (Danny Glover) begs Swagger to use his sniper's skills to out-fox the assassin. From there--well, spoilers are not fair, since the movie has a few legitimate shocks and a very nice wrong-man scenario about to unfold. A novel by the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Stephen Hunter gives the movie a logical spine, even if the premise itself is the stuff of conspiracy theorists. Wahlberg gets support from Michael Pena, as a skeptical FBI agent; Kate Mara, as a trustworthy widow; and Ned Beatty, trailing along memories of Network, as a supremely cynical Senator. Along with the well-executed action sequences (the previously unreliable director Antoine Fuqua gets it in gear here), the movie includes a few potshots at the Bush administration. No, that doesn't put Shooter at the level of The Parallax View or All the President's Men, but it provides some tang along with the flying bullets. --Robert Horton Beyond Shooter 
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Who Doesn't Love Mark Wahlberg!? August 7, 2008
Alyse Marie (Shanghai, China)
I have never seen a sniper movie before, and was pleasantly surprised by this one. I may not have any experience with snipers or any type of guns or warfare, but I have in fact, watched a lot of movies. You get plenty of action, minimal love story (I don't like a lot of romance in my action movies), up to bar acting, and a solid plot.
The main character, Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) is a former military sniper who gets caught up (more like used) in an assassination. Swagger, initially asked to make sure the President would be safe from an attack, ends up being set up for the assassination "attempt" that takes place. So it begins, intense chases, exciting shootouts, well planned set ups, and on-target sniper shooting. I won't go into the plot any further; especially since you have 200+ people I see who have laid it all out for you already. I will offer my review though, and I think this movie is worth a go, and eight dollars is not a bad price!
 Mumblin' Marky and friends shoot down 2 hours of your life August 4, 2008
Brother Russell (Dallas, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a little bit Clint Eastwood, a little bit MacGuyver, a little bit Rambo, and a whole lotta BS. It's Bob Lee Swagger, played with gritty resolve by Mark Wahlberg. From the angry scowl to the pained grimace, he's got all the dramatic bases covered. It is impossible to understand about 75% of his dialogue because he speaks in a very rapid mumble, but since we have seen these scenarios in a thousand other movies, we really don't need to hear him clearly, to understand what's going on. Space does not permit me to detail all the ridiculously implausible situations and impossible exploits in this high-octane action flick. Wahlberg is a patriotic super-soldier with almost supernatural abilities, who gets double crossed by his government. When he gets set up as a patsy by a team of shadow-government assassins, salvation comes in the form of his fallen buddy's girlfriend, a doe-eyed young beauty played by Ms. Mara. He has been shot to pieces, but sends her to Walgreens with a list of 12 common household items, which she then uses to sew him back together and nurse him back to health, although she is not a nurse but just a humble third grade teacher (who happens to live in a home that no twenty-something third-grade teacher in the South could ever afford, but be that as it may....)
Swagger is then primed and ready to seek revenge against the villains who betrayed him, including one played by Danny Glover. (We know that Mr. Glover is playing a bad guy because his voice is hoarse and raspy and he never smiles), and an evil senator played by Ned Beatty (we know that Mr. Beatty is a bad senator because he is old and white). This is when the MacGuyver-like devices are constructed with common items hurriedly purchased at the hardware store. It is not clear how the expensive items are paid for, or why the hardware store would have high explosives and high-tech in-the-ear two-way communications devices, but be that as it may.... we then have more helicopters, more heads being blown off, a tape-recorded confession, a secret meeting or two, an arm or two being shot off, etc. Need I elaborate further?
If you are a 14 year old male and thirsty for some blood and explosions, check it out. Otherwise, you might want to pass, because you may find it very hard to suspend your disbelief for a solid two hours. The film critic from the L.A. Times owes me some money, because it was on his recommendation that I let two hours of my life get shot down in flames like an evil black helicopter by Jimmy Lee Swaggart, er uh I mean Bob Lee Swagger. Praise the lord and pass the ammo, America.
 Shooter July 27, 2008
Dale T. Morse
Great movie. Good action and great plot. Not quite used to seeing Danny Glover play the bad guy, but he did and excellent job. Even the women I know that have seen this say it is a great thriller and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Dale Morse
Fort Worth, Texas
 Look Down Range Fire at Dog Targets July 23, 2008
Couch Potato Michael (Massachusetts)
Mark Wahlberg (3:10 to Yuma) hits the mark as a good guy framed for an assassination after his military retirement as an expert sharpshooter. With a little help from his friends Wahlberg tries to prove his innocence accomplishing only a stalemate. When all else fails vigilante justice is the only option remaining. This movie is a mix of action flicks such as "Rambo First Blood," "Bourne Identity" and Charles Bronson's, "Death Wish" series. The CGI is often poorly done so the eye catches it easily. The blu-ray edition leaves much to be desired as background images are often out of focus whereas they should be sharp. Other appearances include Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) and Michael Pena, (World Trade Center), and veteran actor Ned Beatty. Even though there are flaws in quality, "Shooter" will still keep you well entertained. My rating, 3 potato 4. Michael Couch Potato
Worth watching for the dubious message July 17, 2008
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
Three years after retiring from the army, sniper, Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), is called back into action by army hero, Col. Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover), to help avert the assassination of the U.S. president. However, when an assassination attempt is made, Swagger is double-crossed and ends up on the run for a crime he didn't commit.
In many ways, "Shooter" reminds me a lot of "Hero". Not with respect to plot, but because both are films that I didn't particularly like, but, nevertheless, consider worth watching for the unusual and rather dubious messages at their cores. The message of "Shooter" seems to be that it's OK to shoot politicians whose political beliefs diverge from your own (either that or "the end justifies the means", one or the other). Considering the fact that this film is a Hollywood film, made in 2007, I was amazed that such a message was allowed, since it seems that, now days, film makers and production companies are more aware than ever of the dangers of including violence-encouraging messages in their films. For that reason, this film fascinated me, and I am glad I saw it.
As a piece of cinema, however, "Shooter" is very lacking. It's not a terrible movie, I did enjoy the action sequences, but in between the action sequences, I found that my attention drifted. Most of the characters in the film are poorly written, in particular, the scenery-chewing villains, who are portrayed as having no redeeming features at all, and the film's heroine, played by Kate Mara, whose only purpose in the film seemed to be to follow instructions given by Swagger. It didn't help matters that Kate Mara is a terrible actress (I have never seen her in anything before this film, so perhaps it was just that she didn't have decent material to work with, but her performance in this film was so bad that, in the future, I will be avoiding her films), and that both Glover and Wahlberg mumble a significant proportion of their lines (this was particularly annoying in the case of Glover - I know he can speak properly, as he does in other films, and yet in this film, it sounded as though he had his jaw wired). The only actor who really stood out for me was Rhona Mitra, whom I was already a fan of, as an FBI agent, but her role is small and her character vanishes about 2/3 of the way through the film.
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