Shooter depicts a retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant (Bob Lee Swagger, played by Mark Wahlberg) being drawn out of his peaceful mountain home in the Wind River Range of Wyoming by a rogue government agency that wants him to "set up" an assassination plan of the president so they know how to stop an unknown assassin from actually doing it. As it turns out there is no other assassin, the agency uses Swagger's plans to complete their own killing by a rifle placed on a remote activated tripod contraption, which are apparently real and found at: http://www.precisionremotes.com/ground-mount/ for military purposes. Right after the shot is taken a previously hired city cop shoots Swagger in the shoulder and hip. Swagger falls out a window onto some spectacularly placed wood pallets and escapes. Bob Lee is chased throughout the movie by this agency who try to find him, his "female companion" (who was Swagger's dead spotter's girlfriend) and new found FBI agent friend. The "female companion" and FBI agent occasionally serve the purpose of bait for what we and Swagger know to be the "bigger picture". But ultimately justice is served via various different caliber rounds and explosions. The conspiracy is unraveled, swagger is let free and Senator Meechum (the man who set it all up) is killed.The movie was and still is fantastic. The acting, although forced at times, is adequate. Wahlberg keeps up with his usual fast talking, knowledgeable act and seems to actually know about the background of what he is trying to portray, which is a nice change of pace from some of the acting seen in recent movies. I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5.
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