Mark Wahlberg plays a shooter in this film. Imagine that? This film is exactly what it is intended to be, an action thriller about a sniper. Wahlberg plays Bob Lee Swagger an ex sniper who long ago retired with a record for killing people from great distances...like miles. Who the hell wrote this thing? Anyway, the writer must listen to a lot of sports talk on the radio to come up with a name like Swagger. Regardless, Swagger is coaxed out of his retirement up in the mountains(which is where everyone retires), to help stop an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. The attempt is foiled but Wahlberg's character is blamed for the attempt. As a result he has to shoot to clear his name, and a great deal of action follows. This is a mindless film which honors the people who can pull the trigger, and if you take it for nothing than that, it works. If you try to make sense of it, then it'll suck. I would just wait for this one to show up on Starz.
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