Shooter (2007)

One word: overcooked. Shooter has all the markings of a decent action-thriller but despite its long range barrel, the film still manages to shoot itself in the foot. Stereotypes abound, from the morose protagonist, country-bumpkin lady person, too-green government agent, and villains lacking any sort of creativity or actual malice (to say nothing of character development). Still, the plot ducks and weaves in a feigned effort at being unpredictable, there's a pretty neat shoot-out toward the end, and overall the movie has some great camera work. If only it didn't crib so much from the Big Book of Standard Characters, there might have been some real meat here.

5 out of 10.