Shooter (2007/I)

Regisseur:

Antoine Fuqua

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay)
Stephen Hunter (novel)

Premierendatum:

23. März 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Krimi | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice.

Plot:

A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

Plot Keywords:

Sniper | U.S. Marshal | Retired | Helicopter | Snow

Nutzerkommentare:

Amazing

Besetzung

Mark Wahlberg	...	Bob Lee Swagger
Michael Peña	...	Nick Memphis
Danny Glover	...	Colonel Isaac Johnson
Kate Mara	...	Sarah Fenn
Elias Koteas	...	Jack Payne
Rhona Mitra	...	Alourdes Galindo
Jonathan Walker	...	Louis Dobbler
Justin Louis	...	Howard Purnell
Tate Donovan	...	Russ Turner
Rade Serbedzija	...	Michael Sandor (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Alan C. Peterson	...	Officer Stanley Timmons
Ned Beatty	...	Senator Charles F. Meachum
Lane Garrison	...	Donnie Fenn
Zak Santiago	...	Senior Agent
Michael-Ann Connor	...	Junior Agent

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence and some language.

Länge:

124 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Japan:PG-12 | USA:R (certificate #43368) | Norway:15 | Finland:K-15 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18SG | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Ireland:16

Drehorte:

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

The left-wing website zmag.org can be seen on Swagger's laptop while he is reading the 9/11 Commission report. Zmag publishes articles by, amongst other academics, Noam Chomsky.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The Stars and Stripes flag hanging vertically on the wall of the US military hangar is the wrong way round. The stars field should be on the upper left, not the upper right.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Donnie Fenn: Movement. Two men. Approximately... forty goats.
Bob Lee Swagger: They're not on anybody's side. We don't have to shoot them.

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Soundtrack:

Nasty Letter

Amazing

I came into this film with loads of skepticism, but I came out feeling completely the opposite. Shooter takes you into the life of retired Marine Scout Sniper Bob Lee Swagger, who retired after a mission went completely wrong. He is called back to give information as to how someone would be able to kill the president from over a mile away. He ends up being framed for the attempted murder of the president, and the murder of an archbishop of Ethopia, and must prove his innocence, at any cost.

Mark Wahlberg does a perfect job of portraying a detached veteran who has no respect for the government, and really brings the character to you. He is backed up by an outstanding Michael Pena and Danny Glover who add to the film like no one else could. The only real complaint is that Kate Mara's character, the widowed wife of Swagger's best friend seems to only play two emotions, distressed, or hysterical, and it does get annoying, though she plays the part well. Elias Kosteas did a good job playing Jack Payne, a borderline psychotic government agent, though at times his part seems over the top.

All in all this film blew me away and I couldn't have loved it more. Anyone who is into action movies of any kind definitely needs to see this movie.