Shooter

I'm not sure what it is about Mark Wahlberg, but I'm beginning to like him! At first, after that whole Marky Mark thing, I wasn't interested in anything he did, then he did Planet Of The Apes and I actively hated him. But, after seeing Four Brothers, Mark's been growing on me. He was the best part of The Departed and so I decided to give Shooter a try.



Shooter is your standard action movie, Mark is a military sniper who's been framed for the murder of a Haitian official visiting the U.S. Now, he's on the run from the government and the evil cabal that's insinuated itself into the government! In the end, you know that Mark will win and the bad guys will all get theirs, so there's really no tension to speak of, but it's still a pretty good movie.

I say pretty good, because at the two hour mark, it's a little long! We probably could have cut about 45 minutes out of this movie and had a great action movie, but, I'm a reviewer, not a film-maker, damn it!

I'm giving Shooter three out of four cigars,

because it's a bit long, but it's still a good movie and it's exactly what it said it was, there wasn't a ton of plot to get in the way of the story...and sometimes that's nice. So, until next time, when I'll defend my man-crush on Mark Walhberg, remember that the best movies are bad movies!