The Marksman

2005
4.1| 1h35m| R| en
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Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent (Snipes) to stop them.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
RoboRabbit89 Wesley obviously did this for the money, I know he previously had trouble on the production of "Blade Trinity," so I think he needed something small to be a character builder.This film was it, it has a pretty standard straightforward story one that is familiar, although Wesley is the only reason to watch. It's been a while since I've seen this back in 2011, Wesley is a good actor so don't blame him, I would blame the writer for this under-cooked script.The action scenes are OK at best, but if I remember correctly, the movie was underwhelming as a whole. Still It was at least watchable to some ex-stint, Wesley is by far the best actor in the film. The villains are forgettable, same for the story and the movie it's self.Overall an underwhelming film that should have been better, but then again I don't think Wesley was looking for anything great, just somewhat decent after wrapping on "Blade Trinity". I give it a 3/10. I could watch it again I think? But I think if you want to see this, keep your expectations very low. It's a forgettable film you can watch on a rainy day, maybe with friends.
balib-1 I can't disagree with the general condemnation of the film found in all the other comments, although for so unpretentious and low-budget a movie I think some folks are being a little harsh. I wish that the filmmakers had thought to make a comedy, a satire on "Rangers lead the way", "SEALs rescue the world", "De oppresso liber"-type films. As it is, they almost did that anyway; not too many clichés were overlooked; if only someone had thought to write comedy deliberately... The aircraft carrier (or, judging by the captain's hat, nuclear submarine) should have been called something like the USS Millard Fillmore (which I suppose isn't any sillier than naming carriers after chairmen of the House Armed Services Committee, as has been done); instead of infantry lieutenants as jet pilots, they could have gone a step further and had, say, uniformed members of the Public Health Service; instead of the off-duty Rangers (or whatever they were supposed to be) being called out of a topless bar, have them attending a Beethoven concert--stuff like that. It could have been hilarious. Has anyone done a film like that yet? We have good satires on James Bondish spy flicks (e.g., Johnny English). How about one on the "Commando film" genre?
billsweeney2006 A WASTE OF TIME. Does Wesley Snipes really need the money that badly? There are many examples of actors doing a movie just because they need to pay off a new swimming pool or pay down a mortgage. (See Micael Caine in 1980's "the island"). Matt Andrews left his good TV roles to make the money too. This highly Forgettable movie had a bunch of apprentice actors in it with no experience. How much did they pay to rent those abandoned buildings and the sewage treatment plant in Romania? $50 a day? The entire crew list had just a few American names. Another example of making a movie outside the United States "on the cheap". I'll probably think hard before I watch another Wesley Snipers movie now that he's shown that he's in it just for the money.
daveb6575 There were so many bad points in this film it's hard to know where to start. I completely agree with Krywolff. When it comes down to acting the part and appearing as a special forces soldier only Snipes even came near to it. There is no way a highly trained soldier is going to run through a dark building with great big windows merrily shining a high power flash light around, not only lighting up the windows but blinding his own troops with the glare when he shines it straight into their faces. In all branches of special forces, team work is central to the success of any mission and while all troops are expected to be able to operate independently they would not just go off in the way that they did in the film. The other thing that I found very annoying is the habit of the film makers to make the music unnecessarily loud. While the music plays a vital part in every film when it drowns out the actors words it tends to make it a nonsense. Also the sudden increase in the volume in dramatic music just makes me cringe and wonder why I'm watching this trash anyway. I rented this film to see if it was worth buying - I've decided I wasted my money renting it.