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(1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 48% Rotten Page   1   "While not boasting a very original plot, 'Shooter' provides a showcase for Mark Wahlberg's versatility as an actor."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B+ "Is it preposterous? You bet. Will the politics piss off a good number of people? Most definitely. Do the bad guys get it, and get it good? Oh yeah. I think I just summed up the pitch meeting."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark B "Even if the film stumbles, it has just enough goofball lust to keep it entertaining, especially when Swagger is in full government spank mode."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf C- "The picture molders under the predictable fiery explosions that fill the screen while any pretense of believability remains extinct."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "This notion that villains might be identified and "dealt with" is rather quaint."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Marky Marksman..."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "It's not often that one complains of an action movie not being mindless enough, but that's precisely the problem with Shooter."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1.5/4 "As a formidable A-list action pic, the film is an unexciting throwaway. As an R-rated exploitationer, it doesn't understand that such a thing should actually be fun to watch."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "It has just enough straight-faced bravado that you can sort of buy it, the same way you swallow the addictive preposterousness of '24' every week."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Creatively, this Shooter ends up firing blanks in its patchy profile of skepticism involving big brass governmental misconduct."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "A feel-good celebration of political vigilantism...As a piece of empty-headed action entertainment, it misses the target by a wide margin."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "Yet another movie selling violence and revenge as the answer to our political problems."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Even in a climate where the pervasive influence of 24 can be argued to have caused 'thriller fatigue,' Shooter is worth the price of admission."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "purports to question the way in which the military can take over the political process, but its answer is little more than the very violence it's supposedly critiquing."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 10/10 "Click here to read review"   sumno.com   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 2.5/4 "The bad guys are bad and the guns are smokin' hot, hey, that's why they call it a thriller!"   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "If you don't mind watching a rerun of a few other, better, spy thrillers, Shooter isn't half bad."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 4/10 "How (could) someone as drab and monotone and Wahlberg could have ever been nominated for an Oscar?"   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 1.0/4.0 "... the twists within twists become so laughable that you can't take anything seriously... the only thing missing here is a laugh track."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/5 "It's not a movie to think too deeply about... It's better to just get the big tub of popcorn, the 82-ounce soda and sit in the front row"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr C "a mash-up of "First Blood" and 2007's "24" White House rot intrigue that all feels vaguely like last year's "Deja Vu" without the sci-fi and "Cliffhanger" without the cliff hanging."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "A sleek, taut entertainment spiked with timely political bile."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/4 "An immature, angry polemic against military brass, the government, and politicians that is so simplistic, the movie ends up being more brain-dead for it."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3/5 "It's the execution that matters, and for the most part ... the formula is executed well."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. B- "He has to walk toward us in slo-mo? And the bad guys have to cackle over their total domination and corruption? And there have to be not one, not two, but three explaining villains?"   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/4 "Oh, no they didn't!"   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "Esquemático do início ao fim, parece desconhecer o conceito de sutileza; um problema que, ao ser aplicado ao seu discurso político, acaba por enfraquecê-lo de vez."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2/5 "Shooter is the very epitome of the kind of instantly disposable film that has become all too common a sight in recent months."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski C+ "The acting is solid throughout, which helps the film over the rather large plot holes."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 3.5/5 "A perfectly watchable time-killer that delivers on its promises but also kind of wears out its welcome."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 2.5/5 "The thinly veiled political rant hits all cylinders whenever its crosshairs land in action mode"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "Shooter is far more complicated than it needs to be, taking more crazy twists and turns than it should."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 2/4 "You do wish somewhere along the way that "nuance" were as effective as all those dead patriots."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 48% Rotten Page   1