Shooter (2007)

RATING:	40%
FORMAT:	DVD

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Politically-naïve and psychologically simplistic movie with its heart in the right place.

That violence is both a solution and a preventive to violence is obvious, but dramatically unexplored here in terms of consequences – particularly the consequences of current (2007) US imperialism around the globe. This leaves the film with flat characterization, a screenplay mostly concocted from newspaper headlines and a largely quality cast mugging desperately to make the action movie clichés seem different from all the other clichéd adventures produced by Hollywood in recent years; and failing, despite their best efforts.

This director’s much better Training Day proves the decline of a once promising talent – despite the evidence of the deleted scenes that a much better film was planned here.

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