Shooter is a 2007 American action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua[4] and written by Jonathan Lemkin, based on the 1993 novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter.

[5] The film follows Force Recon Marine Scout Sniper veteran Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), who is framed for murder by a mercenary unit operating for a private military firm.

The film also stars Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Levon Helm, and Ned Beatty.

Force Recon Scout Snipers Gunnery Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger and his spotter Donnie Fenn provide overwatch for a military mission in Ethiopia.

The CIA officer supervising the operation disavows the mission and strands them in enemy territory, resulting in Fenn's death.

Colonel Isaac Johnson approaches Swagger to enlist his aid in thwarting a potential assassination attempt on the President during a public speaking event.

Swagger escapes, disarms rookie FBI Special Agent Nick Memphis, and flees into the Delaware River.

Shortly after, a plethora of evidence floods the agencies and media, including the supposed murder weapon: Swagger's personal CheyTac M200 sniper rifle, starting a manhunt.

Memphis becomes suspicious of the too-fast conclusions, topped by the death of the police officer who supposedly saw and injured Swagger, and begins investigating by himself.

Rate deduces that, aside from Swagger, the only other person alive capable of making such a shot is the wheelchair-bound Serbian sniper Mikhaylo Sczerbiak.

Unusual for a screenplay with such a long development process and multiple rewrites, Lemkin retained sole credit after Writers Guild of America arbitration, After Paramount secured the rights to distribute Shooter in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, Focus Features came on board to handle international sales for other territories (excluding English, French and German-speaking territories).

[1] Most of the film was shot on location in New Westminster, Kamloops, Mission, Ashcroft and Cache Creek in British Columbia, Canada.

He was also trained to adjust a weapon's scope, judge effects of wind on a shot, do rapid bolt manipulation, and develop special breathing skills.

[10] In the special features of the DVD, Garrity is interviewed pointing out that the shot fired in the assassination would not have hit the archbishop straight on, as in the film.

In his interview, Garrity said "At 2 yards (1.8 m), because of the hydrostatic shock that follows a large-caliber, high-velocity round such as the .408 Chey Tac (which is used in the shot), the target would literally be peeled apart and limbs would be flying 200 feet (60 m) away."

The site's critics consensus reads, "With an implausible story and numerous plot holes, Shooter fails to distinguish itself from other mindless action-thrillers.

[18] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film "a thoroughly reprehensible, satisfyingly violent entertainment about men and guns and things that go boom."

"[19] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave a positive review but was critical of the weak characterization: "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."

Honeycutt says the problem is the screenplay by Jonathan Lemkin, and the source novel Point of Impact by film critic and author Stephen Hunter.