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Shooter [HD DVD] by Antoine Fuqua
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Danny Glover, Elias Koteas, Kate Mara, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pe?a Director: Antoine Fuqua Brand: Paramount DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 125 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-07-31 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Shooter [HD DVD]Movie Review: Satisfaction Summary: 5 StarsI am completely satisfied with this purchase. I've only had it a month and I've watched it 3 times and lent it to 3 friends. Thank you.
Summary of Shooter [HD DVD]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  More Sniper / Hit Man Movies on DVD |  More DVDs with Mark Wahlberg |  The Novel | Stills from Shooter (click for larger image) Paramount Shooter - HD-DVD 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 anda shadowy organization that wants him dead. From "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua comes a gripping film co-starring Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon4") and Michael Pena ("World Trade Center"). JoelSiegel of Good Morning America proclaims that "'Shooter' is a thriller ...with a ton of white-knuckle action.".
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