It had it's snicker moments for sure, but pretty much action-packed from beginning to end, which I love. A little too much cheese at times, but countered with some slightly comedic moments (the Russian talking about John McClane from Die Hard.yippie-ki-yay, MF'er, etc). Not as good as Shooter (Mark Wahlberg), not as good as the original Sniper (Tom Berenger), but a darn close third place, with every other sniper movie falling way behind IMHO. You won't say it's the best sniper movie ever, but you'll watch it to the end without puking. If you like military movies, specifically sniper movies, you'll enjoy it. It was just a good, action-packed "heavy on the sniper action" flick. He has matured quite a bit since "Sniper".plus, they didn't play up the role of GMSgt "Gunny" Beckett too much (the lead role is his son, Brandon Beckett), so that made it less like a sequel and more like a continuing story line. As soon as I saw "Billy Zane" in the opening credits, I groaned a little. Although this movie had it's share of cinematic liberty, for a sniper movie, it was actually quite good. As former military, I'm particular about realism.
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