Conspiracy thriller about a vigilante soldier.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 7, 2025

We can’t enjoy the film as a thriller because the plot is so impossibly stupid, and we can’t enjoy the action because it’s reduced to Wahlberg in various forms of camouflage plugging his targets without the slightest hitch.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 8, 2024

Comparisons to Sylvester Stallone's similarly ill-treated combat vet are paper-thin, since this film is anything but a Rambore.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 26, 2022

Even 15 years later, Shooter is a solid thriller executed by a cast willing to take it seriously and a director capable of delivering solid action sequences that serve the narrative well.

| Mar 15, 2022

The one-guy-against-many-trained-killers is almost comic-book level, but that's the nature of author Stephen Hunter's Bob the Nailer, ex-Recon Marine sniper. "Shooter" is about government corruption vs. Marine corps integrity. It's not deep, but it's fun.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 13, 2021

Imagine a Rambo remake directed by Fahrenheit 9/11's Michael Moore while high on crystal meth.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 13, 2020

That Shooter is far better than can be expected is down to the excellent direction of Antoine Fuqua. He marries action movie clichés with a subversive sense of paranoia and humour.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2018

Shooter is nothing special, but a combination of appealing performances, intriguing plot twists and exciting action sequences mean that we're never less than entertained.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2011

There's enough unsettling paranoia that you don't exactly know how it's all going to turn out. It feels more like it could have come from the early '70s, when happy endings might not necessarily be right around the corner.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Gory vigilante political thriller for adults only.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 18, 2010

It jumps from typical action one-liners to political discussions about Abu Ghraib. I mean, you can't have a character named Swagger and expect me to take you seriously.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Mar 3, 2008

It's a bit of fun but nothing you haven't seen before.

| Jan 15, 2008

... the twists within twists become so laughable that you can't take anything seriously... the only thing missing here is a laugh track.

| Original Score: 1.0/4.0 | Aug 26, 2007

If you don't mind watching a rerun of a few other, better, spy thrillers, Shooter isn't half bad.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 29, 2007

Despite its slew of genre cliches, Shooter works in fits and starts as a valentine to a simpler era in action films.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2007

The only way to watch it without considering it unbearably ridiculous or morally revolting is to focus purely on the action, the fighting, the explosions, and the quick pace.

Full Review | Original Score: 64/100 | Jun 15, 2007

Wahlberg isn't as confident or credible as a tough guy with a mantle of regret.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 28, 2007

An impressive shoot-'em-up, work-it-out action drama.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 2007

Halfway decent script, good acting, good chases and stuff gets blown up. What more do you want? Godzilla?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2007

The cinematic equivalent of one of those chunky special-forces-porn airport novels.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 14, 2007