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During a mission to kill Panamanian rebel Miguel Alvarez (Frederick Miragliotta), veteran American sniper Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) loses his partner, Doug Papich (Aden Young), to another assassin's bullet. Papich's replacement is sharpshooter Richard Miller (Billy Zane), who is higher ranked than Beckett but has no experience in the field, placing the two men at odds. Dropped into the jungle, the bickering duo have a week to find and kill Alvarez.

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Sniper | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Sniper | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 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. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Sniper | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Slow & under-plotted for what this should have been. Billy Zane is a little too afraid of diving back into "Dead Calm"-ish headcase territory. But there's some beautiful location photography & it's clear Tom Berenger has studied actual snipers' behaviors. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 10, 2024 Full Review Sniper | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant It's difficult to see waves of gung-ho action nuts racing to see this saga of an old hand and a young hotshot tramping though miles of tropical greenery. Jun 6, 2018 Full Review Sniper | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily A solid action movie with an interesting performance by Tom Berenger as a gruff and tough loner. Rated: 3/5 Sep 28, 2005 Full Review Sniper | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 31, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B It's a cool concept but it's very unremarkable overall. Music isn't bad at times but a bit generic overall. Everything else is just very ok. Zane & Tom don't really have much chemistry one way or another, the villians are pretty generic stuff, none of the characters have that much depth either. The camerawork is pretty basic stuff, and none of the snipes are that memorable. There is an occasional nice shot here and there. But man it's pretty generic stuff overall. It can feel like once they meet up and start the mission, stuff just sort of happens with not thetightest flow of events until we get to the actual mission site. There can be some farfetched stuff like them sniping each other while being pursued by the enemy and all too. It's odd, there is a solid amount of production value, Tom Berenger should be a solid choice, and the idea on paper is pretty cool, but I really am struggling to find much to say about it beyond that. Nothing is really bad or broken about it, it's biggest problem is just it's so unremarkable than anything. This is something you either put on in the background while you work, study, or clean or just skip it all together. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/17/24 Full Review Elvis D Otra fascinante película orientada en la guerra de Vietnam que aunque no esta a la altura de Full Metal Jacket o Apocalypse Now, tiene lo suyo. Un poco aburrida y lenta de ritmo, pero cuenta con dos protagonistas cuya tensión entre ellos da algo de vida a la película. Las secuencias de los disparos son alucinantes como sacadas de un dibujo animado o un cómic. Tom Berenger y Billy Zane son estupendos. Por mas que esta película no sea asombrosa, sirve como un buen primer capitulo de la saga en que esta película acabo convirtiéndose extendiendo y desarrollando mejor la historia Thomas Beckett. Esta película es recomendable para empezar a adentrase en la saga de Sniper e ir conociendo a Thomas Beckett que es un personaje interesante y que merece reconocimiento en el cine de acción. Mi nota para esta película es un 8/10. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/25/23 Full Review Rosana B "Por acaso tem um jeito certo de rolar a montanha?" Melhor parte… Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/17/22 Full Review Audience Member Great flick. Classic action movie of the time. Still a fun watch. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/21 Full Review Audience Member Silly 90s action flick. It's surprisingly low-key for a movie of this nature. I mean, seriously, it's basically just Tom Berenger and Billy Zane wandering around the jungle for an hour and a half, bickering. While that can sound like fun in itself, it doesn't make for the most thrilling action movie... Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/21 Full Review Audience Member Tom Berenger's very strong screen presence, together with some compelling visuals, should have made this jungle adventure a classic. However, it suffers from some irritating dialogue and poor character development. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Luis Llosa Director Tom Berenger Thomas Beckett Billy Zane Richard Miller J.T. Walsh Chester Van Damme Aden Young Doug Papich Ken Radley El Cirujano
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Synopsis During a mission to kill Panamanian rebel Miguel Alvarez (Frederick Miragliotta), veteran American sniper Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) loses his partner, Doug Papich (Aden Young), to another assassin's bullet. Papich's replacement is sharpshooter Richard Miller (Billy Zane), who is higher ranked than Beckett but has no experience in the field, placing the two men at odds. Dropped into the jungle, the bickering duo have a week to find and kill Alvarez.

Director
Luis Llosa

Producer
Robert L. Rosen

Screenwriter
Michael Frost Beckner, Crash Leyland

Production Co
Baltimore Pictures

Rating
R

Genre
Action

Original Language
English

Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012

Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.9M

Runtime
1h 39m

Sound Mix
Surround
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