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Shooter (2007)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | Mar 21, 2007

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

C-

Details Release Date: Mar 23, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 120 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama; With: Michael Pena and Mark Wahlberg

Image credit: Kimberley French

MARKY MARKSMAN Wahlberg misfires in the dull thriller Shooter

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In Shooter, Mark Wahlberg, as a former Marine sniper, is brought out of retirement to take out a would-be presidential assassin. It is, however, all a big setup, in a plot that recycles the murder of JFK and the sins of Dick Cheney without becoming remotely plausible — or unpredictable. The ultimate crime of this paranoid enemy-of-the-state pulp, directed with more style than brains by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), is how dull it is. Once the conspiracy is revealed, there's still 90 minutes of manhunt to go, with Wahlberg, in blank-slate mode, reduced to Rambo in the concrete jungle.

Originally posted Mar 21, 2007 Published in issue #927 Mar 30, 2007 Order article reprints

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