Shooter

"Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice."

Mar 23 2007 R 2h 4m
Action, Drama, Thriller

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.

Plot

Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world's great marksmen and the son of a Medal of Honor recipient, is a loner living in the Rockies. He's left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he's recruited by a colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia.

Written by

Stephen Hunter, Jonathan Lemkin

Directed by

Antoine Fuqua

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Grosvenor Park Impact Productions, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
364,858
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
53
Popularity
NA