Shooter (2007) Mark Wahlberg as Gunnery Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger
Summary Firearms expert Taran Butler mocks a significantly inaccurate detail in the 2007 film Shooter. The film sees retired Marine Scout Sniper Bob Lee Swagger fighting to survive and prove his innocence after he is framed for an assassination he did not commit. Shooter opens three years before this event and prior to Swagger's retirement during a mission that goes wrong, featuring a massive explosion and the death of Swagger's close comrade.
Butler mockingly says, "That was the reload, huh? It's like those video game guns where you hit the bottom like that. His reload is just to tap the bottom of the mag, and it's reloaded." He was also critical of how the explosion itself was brought to life earlier in the scene. Shooter's reloading inaccuracy is ironic given that the protagonist is an expert sniper, but realism is not what the 2007 film does best. The Antoine Fuqua-directed film ultimately works best as an over-the-top action thriller as Swagger untangles the sinister web of political conspiracy he has been thrust into. Shooter is most satisfying when it focuses on exaggerated action that allows Swagger to get revenge against those who wronged him and those close to him.
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