Shooter (2007)

"An immediately involving yarn of an ace Marine sharpshooter set up to take the fall for an attempted presidential assassination, picture saddles itself with stereotypical villains, hokey contrivances and too-expedient crisis solutions..."

"This maximalist approach can tax the nerves, though it has the benefit of keeping you on alert. It’s also pretty enjoyable. Mr. Fuqua, who happens to be surprisingly good with actors, does have a knack for chaos..."

"If the movie only lavished as much thought and care on its characters as it does on each intricate set piece, Shooter might have been a classic..."

"Suspended over a deep gully of disbelief, where logic takes more bullets than the bad guys, Shooter still makes the grade as hard-ass action escapism..."

"It does move along at a nice clip, and delivers exactly what belligerent action fans on both sides of the political aisle want -- a wholly admirable figure blowing up a lot of bad shit..."

"Cliché-riddled script and some first year film-school action sequences..."

"Shooter confused me. It goes without saying that the narrative defies logic, but the underlying political message is also fatally flawed. At the same time as we're asked to be repelled by an immoral, violent, corrupt government and its numerous overseas atrocities, we're exulting in our vigilante hero blowing people up..."