sniper ( 1993 film )
billy zane as richard miller. zane returns to the role he played in the first film (sniper 1993) .
sniper: legacy is a 2014 direct - to - video action film and the fifth installment in the sniper film series .
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sniper spawned six sequels: sniper 2 in 2003, sniper 3 in 2004, sniper: reloaded in 2011, sniper: legacy in 2014, sniper: ghost shooter in 2016 and sniper: ultimate kill in 2017. reloaded, ghost shooter and ultimate kill features billy zane' s role of richard miller from the first sniper film reprised, having himself become a sniper following his panamanian tour experience with thomas beckett .
sniper spawned six sequels: sniper 2 in 2003, sniper 3 in 2004, sniper: reloaded in 2011, sniper: legacy in 2014, sniper: ghost shooter in 2016 and sniper: ultimate kill in 2017. reloaded, ghost shooter and ultimate kill features billy zane' s role of richard miller from the first sniper film reprised, having himself become a sniper following his panamanian tour experience with thomas beckett .
sniper was held back from release in 1992. it debuted at number two at the box office on january 29, 1993, in 1551 theaters and went on to gross $ 18, 994, 653 in the us. tristar released it on vhs in august 1993, laserdisc in september 1993, and on dvd in october 1998 .
1993 directed by luis llosa. starring tom berenger, billy zane, j. t. walsh .
the sniper series is a series of action and war films beginning with sniper in 1993. all seven films feature the united states armed forces. the series so far has run for 24 years .
a seasoned sniper and a rookie marksman are teamed in the panamanian jungle to eliminate some bad guys. but they also must fight against rogue cia agents, mercenaries and drug cartel members. © 1993 sniper productions. all rights reserved .
sniper was held back from release in 1992. [ 4 ] it debuted at number two at the box office [ 5 ] on january 29, 1993, in 1551 theaters and went on to gross $ 18, 994, 653 in the us. [ 1 ] tristar released it on vhs in august 1993, [ 6 ] laserdisc in september 1993, [ 7 ] and on dvd in october 1998. [ 8 ]
crew: (color) available on vhs, dvd. extract of a review from 1993. running time: 98 min .
in the film stalingrad (1993), where exactly are they passing while on the the train in this scene here? it is supposed to be in italy, going to russia .
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sniper is a franchise of hollywood action movies that began in 1993, led by the production company sony pictures entertainment. the stars of the saga are us armed forces snipers who conduct missions around the world .
the guerrilla sniper desilva, who was trained by beckett (tom berenger), uses an svd dragunov as his sniper rifle. another guerrilla sniper at ochoa' s compound also uses a dragunov .
sniper: legacy is the fifth installment in the sniper film series. the 2014 dtv sequel marks the return of tom berenger as master gunnery sgt. thomas beckett, who comes out of hiding to assist his son, gunnery sgt. brandon beckett (chad michael collins, who returns from 2011' s sniper: reloaded) in tracking down a renegade american sniper. the film' s cast includes mercedes masöhn and dennis haysbert .
the son of a renowned sniper decides to track down the sniper who ambushed his squad when they were sent to rescue a white planter in the congo .
what appears to be a dragunov - type sniper rifle is used by an enemy sniper. it' s possible that this is a commercial version of the rifle .
sniper, luis llosa, tom berenger, billy zane, j. t. walsh
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the counter sniper carries a custom m91 / 30 mosin - nagant in a bullpup stock .
sniper is a 1993 action thriller directed by luis llosa and starring tom berenger as master gunnery sergeant thomas beckett, a seasoned sniper whose missions have made him spent more time in the jungle than just about everyone else in his field. cia agent richard miller (billy zane) is assigned to take out a panamian insurgent leader with beckett' s aid, but his inexperience causes friction with beckett, while they' re also being pursued by another sniper who killed beckett' s previous partner .
an elderly horror film star, while making a personal appearance at a drive - in theatre, confronts a psychotic vietnam war veteran who has turned into a mass - murdering sniper .
film doesn' t know what it wants to be. billy zane does well tho
a homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims .
with an akm - style muzzle break is used by a guerrilla fighter in the film .
i liked it. berenger and zane are very good. do not have the film .
bidwell (dominic mafham) takes aim with the rifle at the film' s beginning .
several characters are seen carrying the ak - 47 in the film. cole carries an old soviet model ak - 47 equipped with a milled receiver near the end of the film .
but now for something different: russian film - makers have got in on the act .
stuart shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist' s sniper rifle .
the movie sniper is actually a factual story loosely based on the biography of a united states marine corp sgt. carlos hathcock. sgt. hathcock was a sniper during the vietnam war. a book called
marine sniper
written by charles henderson has the same stories where tom beringer crawls across the field to get into range to shoot the drug lord and also where berenger is stalked by the enemy sniper where he shoots him the other sniper and the bullet goes through the rifle scope. those two scenes actually happened in real life .
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the awards season has delivered a decidedly mixed verdict on american sniper. to the surprise of some pundits, the film' s six oscar nominations did not include one for director clint eastwood; the two bafta nods were for sound and best adapted screenplay; the golden globes ignored the film entirely .
in the film, the russian commander reprimands a sniper for killing a german who was fetching water. yet, in 1942, men killed each other ruthlessly as they ate, slept, washed, prayed .
a us marine sniper is partnered with a swat member to take out rebel leaders in the jungles of panama .
a russian and a german sniper play a game of cat - and - mouse during the battle of stalingrad .
sniper 2 is the second feature in the sniper film series. for the 2003 dtv sequel, tom berenger returns as gunnery sgt. thomas beckett, who is asked to come out of retirement by the nsa in order to take on a mission to eliminate a serbian general responsible for genocide. for the mission, beckett is partnered with a former delta force sniper who was on death row. the cast includes bokeem woodbine and linden ashby .
decent action film, sniper is one of those low budget action films that never really stood out among the genre, but it does manage to be entertaining from start to finish, despite its so - so acting, and paper then story. the story written here is nothing too complex, and for fans of forgotten action films, sniper is a perfect film to watch. i quite liked it, but i also felt that it had the potential of being so much as well. for what it is, it' s an entertaining film and it' s engaging from start to finish. tom berenger and billy zane are quite good here, but both actors have made better films. sniper has tense moments that make the film worth…
nsc sniper richard miller (billy zane) uses the heckler & koch sr9 tc rifle as his weapon of choice .
cold sniper: thomas beckett is the stoic loner type. he' s shunned on the base he' s stationed at both for being a sniper among regular soldiers, and for being rather notorious for losing partners in the field .
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i love tom berenger, probably served as inspiration for the sniper scenes in saving private ryan or shooter, no joke .
with the headline: review / film; in the mind of a killer: it' s empty .
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the film is suffused with a blend of brutality and sentimentality which has characterised the russian psyche for centuries .
decent action film, sniper is one of those low budget action films that never really stood out among the genre, but it does manage to be entertaining from start to finish, despite its so - so acting, and paper then story. the story written here is nothing too complex, and for fans of forgotten action films, sniper is a perfect film to watch. i quite liked it, but i also felt that it had the potential of being so much as well. for what it is, it' s an entertaining film and it' s engaging from start to finish. tom berenger and billy zane are quite good here, but both actors have made better films. sniper has tense moments that make the film worth seeing, and even if it never becomes anything really good, i thought that the film was quite decent for what it tried to accomplish. the story like i said is pretty basic, and for a film like this, that' s all you need. although it' s a bit clichéd, what do you expect from a low budget affair like this? this is the type of film that you watch only once, and it doesn' t necessitate multiple viewings. if you' re a genre fan and enjoy low budget action flicks, then you' re sure to enjoy sniper. the film works well enough for its run time, but it does show its age. if you' re expecting something truly great, you' ll sadly be disappointed, as there' s never anything truly engrossing. sure, it' s a fun film, but like i said, it' s one that isn' t worth revisiting again and again. the film' s somewhat lacking script is the film' s major mistake, and in turn, the film never becomes a truly awesome action film .
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the film that makes private ryan look like kids' stuff: the russians are coming - with a blood - drenched film about the most savage battle in history. but, says max hastings, the reality was even more barbaric
this list shows all films released in 1993, including films that went direct - to - video, or only got an international theatrical release. for each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (us / canada) theatrical release .
a macho action film that is actually pretty decent. it is entertaining, and not a total waste of time .
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some film critics saw the film as definitely left - leaning in its politics, including arguing that the main villain (senator meachum) is an analogy for then vice president dick cheney. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
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war is hell: german troops during the battle for the city. the battle scenes in the film are terrible and convincing
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several of the rifles in the film that resemble the m4a1 appear to be hybrid rifles built in part from the
gilboa
series of rifles manufactured by silver shadow, an authorized israeli weapon manufacturer. these rifles are likely the same ones that were seen in the 2014 film jarhead 2: field of fire (which was also helmed by sniper: legacy' s director don michael paul) .
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elephant white is a 2011 action - thriller film starring djimon hounsou and kevin bacon. filming took place in bangkok, thailand .
sniper is an expertly directed, yet ultimately unsatisfying psychological thriller. luis llosa’s first - rate action direction is undermined by underdeveloped characters and pedestrian dialogue .
marine sgt. brandon beckett (collins), the son of the previous sniper film' s protagonist thomas beckett (tom berenger), takes up the mantle set by his father and goes on a mission of his own. while working with the un forces in the democratic republic of the congo, brandon beckett receives orders to rescue a european farmer, jean van brunt (rob fruithoff), in the middle of hostile rebel territory. when he and his men arrive at the farm, a mysterious sniper ambushes them, wounding beckett and killing everyone else. with the help of his father' s former protégé, sniper instructor richard miller (billy zane), beckett must learn to think like a sniper to track down the assassin before the sniper returns to finish the job. on top of this he must also track down the one who is giving the orders and reveal a conspiracy .
a police sniper teams up with a hot - headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force .
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is in the helicopter, he sights the sniper in his scope, the sniper being the one that just shot the chopper up. you see from the scope' s view that the chopper is apparently following him running down the mountain. but, the helicopter was hovering, it wasn' t following him .
sniper 3 is a 2004 action adventure direct - to - video film starring tom berenger, byron mann, john doman and denis arndt. it was directed by p. j. pesce and written by michael frost beckner and crash leyland. the movie is the third in a trilogy starring berenger
also appearing in the film is a precision remotes telepresent rapid - aiming platform (trap), a remotely operated weapon platform that accepts a standard rifle. precision remotes' website [ 6 ] appears in the film, and the company is credited in the closing credits .
sniper is an expertly directed, yet ultimately unsatisfying psychological thriller. luis llosa' s first - rate action direction is undermined by underdeveloped characters and pedestrian dialogue .
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it happens in each of the sequels as well, possibly making the titular sniper the only marksman in reality or fiction with three scope snipes. this is especially ridiculous in the third movie, where he didn' t have time to do a carefully aimed shot against the sniper attacking him while he tried to snipe someone else .
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a panamanian rebel leader is meeting with his financier / drug lord. the u. s. government seeks to
disrupt
the meeting by eliminating them both. thomas beckett, an ace sniper stationed in the area, is sent to perform the mission. since his spotter was killed by a mysterious mercenary sniper, he must be accompanied by richard miller, a swat trained sniper from the national security council who has never had a kill. the two must best the jungle and complete the mission, hindered by numerous enemy patrols ,
el - cirujano
, a renegade american working for the enemy, the mysterious sniper, and the rough living in a dangerous jungle .
perang antara 2 sniper melawan pasukan 1 kompi. yah awalnya bagus, ketegangan yang diberikan lumayan, beckett (tom berenger) memainkan perannya dengan baik sebagai sniper berpengalaman tapi makin ketengah ceritanya makin biasa aja malah ngebuat emosi diaduk dengan kecupuan si miller (billy zane) sniper swat yg belum pernah bunuh orang dan musti terjun ke hutan belantara, yah satu setengah jam nonton diisi dengan kecupuan karakter miller. dan sangat disayangkan untuk eksekusi akhirnya juga biasa aja tidak membangun ketegangan sedikitpun menurutku jadi terlihat. . ya gitu lah .
a flashback to sniper: reloaded shows ar - 15 carbines carried by sgt. brandon beckett (chad michael collins) as well as the other marines in the congo .
the norinco type 56 is carried by several guerrilla fighters in the film, most notably by the one who opens fire on the helicopter carrying miller .
the cannes film festival has announced its official jury for the 68th edition, which include actors jake gyllenhaal, sophie marceau and director guillermo del toro .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
in some parts of the film, the rifle becomes a mosin nagant m91 / 30 with a down turned bolt action and is equipped with a scope .
sniper: ghost shooter is a direct - to - dvd release but returns the franchise to its former glory. it’s an enjoyable military action flick for any fan of the genre .
yet the lack of unanimity about the film perhaps reflects something more substantive than awards - season release scheduling, back - channel studio politics and the inevitable subjectivity of the voters. maybe it suggests that cinemagoers and industry insiders are as uncertain about and ambivalent towards the conflict the film documents as the rest of us .
stephen wigler of the baltimore sun called it a
poorly written, badly directed film
that substitutes violence for sex. marjorie baumgarten of the austin chronicle rated it 3. 5 / 5 stars and wrote ,
sniper does little that' s terribly original but that which it does, it does with great competence and grace .
sniper is an expertly directed, yet ultimately unsatisfying psychological thriller. luis llosa’s first - rate action direction is undermined by underdeveloped characters and pedestrian dialogue. tom berenger essays a marine sniper, oddly named thomas beckett, on assignment in panama. pic quickly establishes sniping as a lonely profession shunned even by other gung - ho marines. on his latest assignment [ … ]
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reception this film generally garnered a very poor rating although receiving an average rating of 3. 9 / 10 stars on imdb. the general consensus of the reviews offered is that the film is let down by the poor re - use of scenes barely seconds apart and the terrible acting grade by the actors. there is also a general tendency to call this film comical as its entire premise is played out to be stereotypically ridiculous and over the top action and situation wise. the film was a direct - to - dvd movie. in the first week the marksman opened at # 11 at rentals chart and earned $ 1. 36 million
deadly sniper tom beckett is recruited by the cia to go to ho chi minh city and take out a ruthless drug dealer who turns out to be an old war buddy he thought was dead .
robert lee provides additional insight into the short life of his brother bruce, with stills and film clips of the young martial artist demonstrating his incredible agility and fierce determination .
the cheytac m - 200 intervention rifle is seen in the film used by gunnery sgt. brandon beckett (chad michael collins) and troy (mark lewis jones) .
reception critical response to the film was mixed. rotten tomatoes reports a 48% approval rating based on 142 reviews; and an 82% based on 120, 688 audience reviews. metacritic assigns the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, indicating
mixed or average reviews
. empire had a verdict of' the sequel - ready swagger challenges bourne' s supremacy with an impressive shoot -' em - up, work - it - out action drama.' some film critics, both liberal and conservative, saw the film as left - leaning in its politics, arguing that the main villain (senator meachum) was a clear analogy for dick cheney .
) is seen with the mauser 1896 at the film' s beginning. he' s using his middle finger to fire due to the injury he incurred in the original
shooter depicts a number of sniper tactics, thanks to the guidance of former u. s. marine scout sniper patrick garrity, who trained mark wahlberg for the film. garrity taught wahlberg to shoot both left and right - handed (the actor is left - handed), as he had to switch shooting posture throughout the movie, due to swagger' s sustained injuries. he was also trained to adjust a weapon' s scope, judge effects of wind on a shot, do rapid bolt manipulation and develop special breathing skills. his training included extreme distance shooting (up to 1, 100 yards), and the use of camouflage ghillie suits. fuqua appointed garrity as the film' s military technical advisor. [ 3 ]
sniper
expresses a cool competence that is a pleasure to watch. it isn' t a particularly original film, but what it does, it does well. we' ve seen so many bad movies about guys walking through the jungle with rifles that it' s interesting the way this one grabs us through its command of the locations and its storytelling skill .
stephen wigler of the baltimore sun called it a
poorly written, badly directed film
that substitutes violence for sex. [ 15 ] marjorie baumgarten of the austin chronicle rated it 3. 5 / 5 stars and wrote ,
sniper does little that' s terribly original but that which it does, it does with great competence and grace .
[ 16 ]
shooter is a 2007 american conspiracy action thriller film directed by antoine fuqua based on the novel point of impact by stephen hunter. the film follows united states marine corps veteran bob lee swagger (mark wahlberg), who is framed for murder by a rogue secret private military company unit. it was released in cinemas on march 23, 2007 .
master gunnery sergeant thomas beckett (berenger), force reconnaissance marine, an experienced sniper, and his spotter, cpl. papich (aden young), are on a mission to assassinate a panamanian rebel leader in the jungle. because they are extracted in daylight instead of at night, papich is killed by a sniper. beckett runs back under fire to carry papich' s body to the helicopter .
master gunnery sergeant thomas beckett (berenger), force reconnaissance marine, an experienced sniper, and his spotter, cpl. papich (aden young), are on a mission to assassinate a panamanian rebel leader in the jungle. because they are extracted in daylight instead of at night, papich is killed by a sniper. beckett runs back under fire to carry papich' s body to the helicopter .
el cirujano
( ken radley) carries a lar grizzly mk i in his shoulder holster. beckett is also able to use it at the end of the film .
the first and only entry in the sniper series to feature all three snipers; thomas beckett (tom berenger), richard miller / zeus (billy zane) and brandon beckett (chad michael collins) .
a psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a los angeles football stadium during a major championship game. the police, led by captain peter holly and swat commander sergeant... see full summary »
the first movie in the series took place in australia, and the following five productions were shot in hungary, thailand, south africa, and bulgaria, always using production services from local companies. the producers at mandalay pictures, contracted by sony pictures entertainment to make the film, chose to shoot the seventh installment in the capital of colombia. this decision, coming after four years of negotiations with the colombian company dynamo and prompted by the benefits offered under colombian film law 1556, will make sniper 7 the first in the series to take place in latin america .
others are less regular attendees such as actress rossy de palma, an iconic presence and profile in pedro almodovar’s early international hits and del toro, who nevertheless first came to attention when his feature debut “cronos” played cannes critics’ week in 1993 then triumphed in terms of critical reception with “pan’s labyrinth, ” which played in competition and is still considered one of his finest films. gyllenhaal starred in david fincher’s “zodiac, ” selected for the cannes festival in 2007 .
scott was building on a formidable foundation: the incident portrayed in the film, where an american special forces mission to capture a warlord from the streets of mogadishu in 1993 goes desperately wrong, was the subject of a series of articles published in the philadelphia inquirer and written by mark bowden, who later turned them into a book. the reporting was meticulous, extensive and deep: as well as interviewing as many of the participants as he could track down, bowden went through hours of aircraft cockpit recordings and video footage shot during the operation, and took care to ensure the somali side of the story was told just as thoroughly .
after the fight with zane about ending the mission, berenger puts a marker down on the ground. later the mercenary sniper picks up the marker, but it' s a different marker than berenger put down .
sniper thomas beckett is hired by nsa officials william avery and richard addis to perform a covert operation to eliminate a suspected terrorist kingpin in the people' s republic of vietnam who was providing support for jemaah islamiyah .
took a level in badass: after spending much of the film as a fake ultimate hero, miller eventually rises to the occasion near the end when he goes back to save beckett .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london... 21 years after the first film hit screens
a psychological study of operations desert shield and desert storm during the gulf war; through the eyes of a u. s marine sniper who struggles to cope with the possibility his girlfriend may be cheating on him back home .
u. s. army sniper charlie snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an eastern european arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on charlie and his family in l. a .
the hostile interplay between the emotionally detached veteran and the cocky youngster is strictly textbook, as is their eventual male bonding. this would be okay if they weren’t virtually the only characters in the film .
corporal doug papich (aden young), beckett' s spotter, is seen with an m16a2 mounted with a scope as he and beckett move to the extraction site at the beginning of the film .
the producers for sniper 7 were peter nelson, senior vice president of sony pictures entertainment, who has brought us blockbuster franchises like men in black, spiderman, and resident evil; and david zelon, executive vice president of mandalay pictures, the company behind birth of a nation, sleepy hollow, and numerous other films. film finances, which has made possible some 6, 000 films since 1950, provided the completion bond for the production .
the film grossed $ 14. 5 million in its opening weekend, finishing in 3rd at the box office behind tmnt ($ 24. 3 million) and 300 ($ 19. 9 million) .
written by michael frost beckner and crash leyland and directed by peruvian luis llosa, who readily provides all kinds of closeups of bloody faces and bloody fingers ,
sniper
moves briskly along, aided by the lush photography by veteran bill butler .
a former marine sniper is lured back in on a top - secret mission to take out a rogue general who is committing atrocities on the muslim population. his partner in this mission is a death - row... see full summary »
a special ops military force, led by sergeant vic mosby (tim abell) with an expert sniper sergeant jake chandler (steven seagal) as
over watch
during a special mission are sent to a... see full summary »
sniper ,
which has been rated r (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian), has a lot of obscene language and violence. sniper directed by luis llosa; written by michael frost beckner and crash leyland; director of photography, bill butler; edited by scott smith; music by gary chang; production designer, herbert pinter; produced by robert l. rosen; released by tri - star pictures. running time: 98 minutes. this film is rated r. thomas beckett... tom berenger richard miller... billy zane chester van damme... j. t. walsh doug papich... aden young el cirujano... ken radley
the back - and - forth dynamic between zane and tom berenger remains intriguingly unpredictable until very late on in the film, but the very nature of the action is what stops it from being more interesting. the…
he is, in fact, first seen in
sniper
trying to be not seen - his face blackened, his outfit official gi camouflage. surly, tight - lipped, with close - cropped hair, here is lee marvin, cleaned up .
this film (along with several others) is somewhat based on the story of us marine corps sniper carlos hathcock, who took out a viet cong sniper who was stalking him by firing a round through the man' s scope, sending the bullet into his brain. the story has been labeled a
myth
by some, but the incident was observed by hathcock' s spotter, john roland burke, who surveyed the scene after the kill. given the flight time of rounds at long ranges, both snipers could easily have killed one another. the enemy rifle was recovered and the incident is documented by a photograph. after an investigation, the marine corps confirmed the incident and registered the kill to hathcock. see more »
this, then, is the story that film director fyodor bondarchuk has set out to tell, focusing upon the fictionalised experience of a few men ordered to hold a vital position between hitler’s army and the vital volga crossing .
exactly the same thing happens in american sniper, but in entirely different ways. the film deletes most of the passages from the book where kyle' s views would have alienated left - leaning audiences, and - crucially - adds in scenes emphasising how the war took its toll on him, too: reading the book, you see this between more or less every line, yet kyle studiously avoided anything which might make him appear a victim. the reasons for these changes in the film are obvious enough: kyle' s book made him a minor celebrity, and the post - military work he began before writing it, with traumatised fellow veterans, was only beginning before he became a best - selling author. the film takes his life story to its desperate and dramatic conclusion, beyond the end of the book' s timeline - avoiding detail presumably because kyle' s apparent murder remains the subject of an ongoing court case .
at around 17: 52 in the movie the sniper who tries to shoot
junior
with a dragunov looks through the sight pso - 1 and incorrectly ranges the actor as being closer than 100m, which is completely wrong as the scope has a ranging etching on the left side. a person 200m away 1. 7m tall should be as tall as the first rightmost etch, while in the movie the sniper is approx. 300m away. the target should not be that big, as the scope magnifies 4x only .
rotten tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 42% of twelve surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4. 7 / 10. roger ebert rated it 3 / 4 stars and wrote ,
sniper expresses a cool competence that is a pleasure to watch. it isn' t a particularly original film, but what it does, it does well .
variety called it
an expertly directed, yet ultimately unsatisfying psychological thriller
that is
undermined by underdeveloped characters and pedestrian dialogue .
vincent canby of the new york times described it as
partly a badly choreographed action drama and partly a psychological exploration of beckett' s mind, which comes up empty .
usmc master gunnery sergeant thomas beckett (tom berenger) uses an m40a1 in 7. 62x51mm nato, a sniper rifle based on the remington model 700. the m40a1 rifles used in the film were remington 700 rifles, supplied for the filming by' weapons and effects' of san rafael, ca. the rifles were fully prepared as though they would see real use, with aftermarket bedding, trigger jobs, mcmillan stocks and parkerization done by scott, mcdougall & associates of santa rosa, ca .
tough guy thomas beckett is an us soldier working in the panamanian jungle. his job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. this time he' s accompanied by crack marksman richard miller .
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on rotten tomatoes, the film holds a 48% approval rating based on 147 reviews; the average rating is 5. 6 / 10. the site' s consensus reads ,
with an implausible story and numerous plot holes, shooter fails to distinguish itself from other mindless action - thrillers .
[ 10 ] metacritic assigns the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating
mixed or average reviews
. [ 11 ]
en route to the target, they realize they are being followed. they head to a village to contact their informant, a priest, only to find that he has been tortured and murdered by alvarez' s men well before they arrived. beckett speculates out loud that it is the work of el cirujano, calling into question miller' s credibility. that night, beckett marks their track to bait the follower - the sniper that killed papich - into a trap and uses miller as bait to pull the sniper out of hiding to take him out .
throughout the film, swagger uses an array of sniper weapons, among which are the usmc m40a3, [ 4 ] the cheytac intervention, [ 5 ] and the barrett m82 sniper rifles. donnie fenn used an m4a1 with a cobray 37mm launcher (commonly used by tv and movie armorers as a stand - in for the m203 grenade launcher) and m68 close combat optic in the african opening sequences. a pair of remington 700ps were bought by swagger and memphis while on the run. other weapons used by swagger include a beretta m9 and a commandeered m4a1 with an aimpoint sight, in the fight against the 24 mercenaries and a colt m1911 - a1 and a suppressed m4a1 in the final scene. fenn' s old. 22 rifle that swagger used on the lake scene is a cooey model 60 .
the norinco type 56 - 1 is carried by several guerrilla fighters in the film. they are fitted with akm - style slanted muzzles, but are identifiable as type 56s and not actual akms from the hooded foresight that only chinese aks have .
it is, i admit, strange that
sniper
is so blase about the fact that the heroes are murderers. after all of those angry costa - gavras thrillers about corrupt american death squads, here is a movie that pragmatically assumes that' s the way the world turns .
rotten tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 42% of twelve surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4. 7 / 10. [ 9 ] roger ebert rated it 3 / 4 stars and wrote ,
sniper expresses a cool competence that is a pleasure to watch. it isn' t a particularly original film, but what it does, it does well .
[ 10 ] variety called it
an expertly directed, yet ultimately unsatisfying psychological thriller
that is
undermined by underdeveloped characters and pedestrian dialogue .
[ 3 ] vincent canby of the new york times described it as
partly a badly choreographed action drama and partly a psychological exploration of beckett' s mind, which comes up empty .
[ 11 ]
the production team for sniper 7 features swiss director claudio fäh, who already directed sniper: reloaded and who has worked on productions such as northmen: a viking saga and coronado; canadian carl goldstein as assistant director; australian ross clarkson as director of photography, a position he held on films like the expendables 2 and conan the barbarian; american donnie dean, winner of an emmy in 2015 for his special effects work on american horror story; and new zealander steve mcquillan as stunt coordinator, a position he also held on the lord of the rings trilogy and the spartacus series .
because the movies are such a curiously voyeuristic form, we identify with the heroes and accept their actions, at least as long as the film runs. afterward, there are some hard questions to answer, but not about llosa' s filmmaking skill .
not a word is said in the film about the stalin regime’s savagery, as terrible as that of the nazis. unit commissars imposed iron discipline: during the battle 13, 500 russian soldiers were shot by their own side for alleged cowardice or desertion .
what appears to be a glock pistol is carried by sanaa (mercedes masöhn). upon closer inspection, the pistol actually appears to be a zoraki 917, a blank - firing only glock clone that is only available in europe, where the film was produced .
at the core of the film is a big truth: the successful defence of the city proved a critical landmark in the war — much more so than el alamein or any other british military achievement in the years between the battle of britain and d - day .
on the other hand, “american sniper” never shies away from depicting kyle as racist and xenophobic, an innocent abroad rendered armed and exceptionally dangerous. after sitting through the film twice, i’m more convinced than ever that there’s a level of sardonic commentary at work that is sometimes subtle and sometimes pretty damn obvious. pay attention to cooper’s increasingly congested body language, the posture of a man stricken with unmanageable psychic distress. pay attention to the use of the phrase “mission accomplished” late in the film, or the stateside scene in which kyle runs into a marine whose life he saved in fallujah and can’t even make eye contact with the guy. this is a portrait of an american who thought he knew what he stood for and what his country stood for and never believed he needed to ask questions about that. he drove himself to kill and kill and kill based on that misguided ideological certainty – that brainwashing, though i’m sure clint eastwood would never use that word – and then paid the price for it. so did we all, and the reception of this film suggests that the payments keep on coming due .
after the training (which takes up nearly a quarter of the pages), lone survivor mainly sticks to the one harrowing incident. luttrell inserts information he found out afterwards into the timeline - particularly about the vigil that took place at his family home while he was missing. american sniper is more of an overarching autobiography, kyle' s claim to fame when it was written being his having killed more enemy combatants than any sniper in american military history, something that clearly takes a long time to happen. the films adhere to these same basic structures but the points at which each movie departs from the book are revealing .
filming took place from september 24 to october 22 of this year, but pre - production began months earlier, with leading action movie professionals in fields like special effects and stunt doubles training the colombian crew. around 13 foreign and 170 colombians have worked on the film .
plot the movie starts off with master gunnery sergeant thomas beckett (berenger), an experienced sniper, and his spotter cpl. papich (aden young) assassinating a panamanian rebel leader in the jungle. afterward, they take up a position in an isolated part of the jungle and wait out until nighttime for an extraction. however, they are extracted at daylight much to the dismay of beckett. an experienced rebel sniper, formerly trained by beckett, kills papich as the two reach the helicopter, but beckett is able to retrieve his body and bring it to the helicopter. infuriated, beckett blames the helicopter co for papich' s death .
ok movie. there' s not much in the way of plot, and character development is practically non - existent, but the action is well - executed, the concept of getting inside a sniper' s mindset and planning fairly unique and berenger' s lead performance is compelling enough to make this a watchable genre pic .
there is a tiny bit in sniper one which has 2 versions. the trailer on flixster shows a different version when the dc guys talk to billy zane s character about his mission in pananma. check out 00: 21 the flixster trailer. the dvd version is totally different. i dont know if this was the theater version ?
the film' s great triumph - and a bigger differentiating point from american sniper or lone survivor even than its lack of budget or marquee - name stars - is that it sticks to the facts without worrying about the cinematic consequences. as a result, it succeeds on every level, yet does so by seeming to break every rule in the book. it is the tensest of action films, yet contains no real
action
- there' s barely even any movement. aside from a moment where one of the paras is listening to the kaiser chiefs on his ipod during some down time, and a new song (' all of my life', written and performed by phoebe katis) that plays over the end credits, there is no music. the nearest the soldiers get to the taliban is watching them through binoculars, yet the film shows the paras in the fight of their lives .
tom berenger essays a marine sniper, oddly named thomas beckett, on assignment in panama. pic quickly establishes sniping as a lonely profession shunned even by other gung - ho marines. on his latest assignment he’s accompanied by an ambitious young washington bureaucrat, richard miller (billy zane), who is so green he doesn’t really need camouflage.
sniper is a 1993 american action thriller starring tom berenger and billy zane as snipers on an assassination mission in panama . it was shot in queensland , australia , and debuted at number two in the united states . it initiated the sniper film series and was followed by six sequels : sniper 2 , sniper 3 , sniper : reloaded , sniper : legacy , sniper : ghost shooter and sniper : ultimate kill . 
sniper is a 1993 american action thriller starring tom berenger and billy zane as snipers on an assassination mission in panama. it was shot in queensland, australia, and debuted at number two in the united states. it initiated the sniper film series and was followed by six sequels: sniper 2, sniper 3, sniper: reloaded, sniper: legacy, sniper: ghost shooter and sniper: ultimate kill.
sniper is a 1993 american action thriller starring tom berenger and billy zane as snipers on an assassination mission in panama. it was shot in queensland, australia, and debuted at number two in the united states. it initiated the sniper film series and was followed by six sequels: sniper 2, sniper 3, sniper: reloaded, sniper: legacy, sniper: ghost shooter and sniper: ultimate kill.