Shooter (2007)
Action, Drama, Thriller |.
Shooter is a American action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Jonathan Lemkin, based on the 1993 novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. The film follows Force Recon veteran Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), who is framed for murder by a rogue unit of personnel operating for a private military firm. The film also stars Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Levon Helm, and Ned Beatty. It was produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura through Di Bonaventura Pictures, and released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on March 23, 2007.
USMC Force Recon Gunnery Sergeant sniper Bob Lee Swagger is participating in a mission in Eritrea with his spotter and friend Corporal Donnie Fenn. They help an allied convoy evade the enemy, but Donnie is subsequently killed in the firefight against the enemy militia forces. Three years later, Swagger, now a disillusioned civilian, is living in a self-imposed exile at a secluded log cabin. At the office of an unnamed Private Military Company in Langley, Virginia, a retired US Army Colonel named Isaac Johnson and his associates and his employees review Swagger’s combat operation report and his Certificate of Discharge and visit him and requests his expertise to prevent a pending assassination of the U.S. president.
Johnson gives him a list of possible assassination sites, and Swagger concludes that Independence Hall in Philadelphia is most likely. As Swagger is working with Johnson’s men to find the assassin, the Ethiopian archbishop is killed instead while standing next to the President. Swagger is double-crossed when he himself is shot by a corrupt Philadelphia police officer, though he manages to escape. The conspirators frame Swagger as the assassin, and a manhunt ensues. Swagger subdues an inexperienced FBI agent, Nick Memphis, and steals his car, crashing it into the Delaware River. He then clings to the side of a boat to evade pursuing policemen.
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay), Stephen Hunter (novel)
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rhona Mitra, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Levon Helm, Ned Beatty
Cast:
| Mark Wahlberg | … | Bob Lee Swagger |
| Michael Peña | … | Nick Memphis |
| Danny Glover | … | Colonel Isaac Johnson |
| Kate Mara | … | Sarah Fenn |
| Elias Koteas | … | Jack Payne |
| Rhona Mitra | … | Alourdes Galindo |
| Jonathan Walker | … | Louis Dobbler |
| Louis Ferreira | … | Howard Purnell (as Justin Louis) |
| Tate Donovan | … | Russ Turner |
| Rade Serbedzija | … | Michael Sandor (as Rade Sherbedgia) |
| A.C. Peterson | … | Officer Stanley Timmons (as Alan C. Peterson) |
| Ned Beatty | … | Senator Charles F. Meachum |
| Lane Garrison | … | Donnie Fenn |
| Zak Santiago | … | Senior Agent |
| Michael-Ann Connor | … | Junior Agent |
| Shawn Reis | … | Underling |
| Brian Markinson | … | Attorney General Russert |
| Michael St. John Smith | … | FBI Director Brandt |
| Dean McKenzie | … | Archbishop Desmond Mutumbo (as Dean Monroe McKenzie) |
| Tom Butler | … | President |
| Adrian G. Griffiths | … | Ben Davis (as Adrian Hughes) |
| Darrin Massey | … | Frank Russo |
| Mackenzie Gray | … | Dave Simmons |
| Levon Helm | … | Mr. Rate |
| Rebecca Toolan | … | Mrs. Rate |
| Trish Allen | … | Katy |
| James Wettengl | … | Diver |
| John Tench | … | Motel Owner |
| David Bloom | … | Meachum’s Valet |
| Brad Kelly | … | Sorenson |
| David Neale | … | Spook |
| Susan Barnett | … | TV News Anchor #1 |
| Ukee Washington | … | TV News Anchor #2 |
| Dagmar Midcap | … | TV News Anchor #3 |
| Darrin Maharaj | … | TV News Anchor #4 |
| Anthony McCrae | … | Jefe |
| Mike Dopud | … | Lead Mercenary |
| Chic Gibson | … | Mayor of Philadelphia |
| Danny Hernandez | … | K-9 Cop #1 |
| Jonathan Eusebio | … | K-9 Cop #2 (as Jonathan Eusabio) |
| Vale Anoai | … | Woman in Crowd during Assassination (uncredited) |
| Erica Lynne Arden | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Elise Arsenault | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Joe Barlam | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Ernest E. Brown | … | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Sharon Carpenter-Rose | … | Presidential Speech Spectator (uncredited) |
| Alice Chamberlain | … | Assignation Attempt Crowd (uncredited) |
| Karen Chamberlain | … | Assignation Attempt Crowd (uncredited) |
| Damien Colletti | … | College Student (uncredited) |
| David Collihan | … | Business Man (uncredited) |
| Paul Dake | … | Paramedic (uncredited) |
| Holly Eglinton | … | Girl (uncredited) |
| Alexander Emmert | … | Agent #1 (uncredited) |
| Liam Ferguson | … | Businessman (uncredited) |
| Patrick Ferguson | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Tammy Gillis | … | Waitress (uncredited) |
| Lauren Glazier | … | Student (uncredited) |
| Richard Jollymore | … | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Michael Wingate Jones | … | Secret Service Agent / Driver (uncredited) |
| Cory Kastle | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Fred Keating | … | Winston Chuchill (uncredited) |
| William James Kelly | … | Assassination Witness (uncredited) |
| Lawrence Laravela | … | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Roberto Lombardi | … | Assassination Witness (uncredited) |
| Steve Lord | … | FBI Sniper (uncredited) |
| Tiffany Marz | … | Presidential Supporter (uncredited) |
| Peter Mason | … | Guitar Playing Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Rick Matters | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Mac McDonald | … | Police Captain (uncredited) |
| Jacquie Militano | … | Woman with Stroller (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Mike Monroe | … | Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Mowery | … | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Laurence Mullaney | … | CIA Agent (uncredited) |
| Ken Myers | … | Flag Waver / Grocery Man (uncredited) |
| Manny Oliverez | … | Businessman (uncredited) |
| Henry Penzi | … | Train conductor (uncredited) |
| Joseph F. Petrone | … | Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
| Vito Pietanza | … | Capitol Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Lil Rhee | … | DC Resident (uncredited) |
| Vincent Riviezzo | … | Phila Cop (uncredited) |
| Kurt Runkle | … | Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
| Roger Sands | … | Assassination Witness (uncredited) |
| Chuck Schanamann | … | Assassination Witness (uncredited) |
| David Adam Smith | … | Businessman (uncredited) |
| Eugene Smith | … | Assassination Witness (uncredited) |
| Patrick Michael Strange | … | FBI Agent / DC Bike Cop / Businessman (uncredited) |
| Simmie Terrell | … | Civilian (uncredited) |
| Ian Thompson | … | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| Frank Traynor | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Sean Traynor | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Dan Van Wert | … | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Kimberly Villanova | … | Witness (uncredited) |
| Torell Vinson | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Jamal Weathers | … | Car Wash Attendant (uncredited) |
| Don Whatley | … | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Mike Wilson | … | Sniper / F.B.I. Agent (uncredited) |
| Lindsey Zajac | … | Assassination Witness (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia