Shooter (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Ned Beatty, Jonathan Walker, Tate Donovan
Contributors: Ric Kidney, Jonathan Lemkin, Mark Mancina, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Peter Menzies Jr.
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Genre: Thriller
Main Language: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 8 Sep 2008
Originally Issued: 2007
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Run Time: 124 minutes

Description

Thriller about the making of a Unabomber-type dissident starring Mark Wahlberg. Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) is a former Marine sniper who, three years ago, participated in a failed illegal mission within Ethiopia. Now he finds that the government, or rather certain forces within it, has a vested interest in making him disappear.

Living a simple life in a shack in the woods with his dog, he's tried very hard up to now to leave his former life behind but now its game on. A bent CIA operative, Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) appears and asks Swagger to help him foil a plot to kill the president that only he knows about. Furthermore, Johnson ups his credibility by furnishing Swagger a massive arsenal of weaponry with which to do the job.

Is this a genuine plot, though, or is Swagger being elaborately set up? And anyway, has Swagger enough patriotism left in him to be coaxed into de-retiring for the sake of a country that's been trying to off him?

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Access