Movie Review: Shooter

Summary: Sniper movie with a bit of a "who-done-it".

Rating: 5.0 out of 10

Review: Shooter is a movie that will appeal to people who like to watch snipers kill people. That’s it. Okay, I’ve being a little harsh, but I really think that was the only reason this movie was produced. It’s about big guns, a bit of a mystery, and lots of killing.

The first half of the movie will seem very familiar. You’ve seen the plot a hundred times. One innocent military guy gets shafted by the government because of some heartless politicians. This causes his life to get turned upside down. He spends the rest of the first half of the movie trying to figure out who the bad guys are. If the movie had continued with this theme, I probably would have liked it alright. But, the second half was very different.

The second half of the movie turns into a murderous rampage. This is where the viewer has to turn of the thinking part of their brain and just enjoy the blood splattering spectacle. If you can’t do this, you probably won’t enjoy part two of Shooter. I was very disappointed with the direction of the movie.

So, with a rehashed plot line in the first half and a weird transition in plot for the second half, I found this movie very inconsistent and downright distasteful. Not only that, but, thinking about it further, I’m not sure that the plot even made sense. I give the first half a 6 or 7 and the second half a 2 or 3.