An American action thriller; A story about two marksmen who have been assigned to assassinate a Colombian drug czar. One is a tough, grizzled, American Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant; the other is an ambitious young Washington bureaucrat and NSC backed SWAT team sniper who is running the mission but is inexperienced in jungle warfare. This is a competently directed military actioner, stylishly rendered to produce a taut atmosphere. However, it is thin on material and ultimately withers to its protracted plot. The film also struggles with a lack of character progression, unaided by pedestrian dialogue. Tom Berenger convinces as the gruff, tough loner, but a psychological exploration of his character's mind never really comes to the fore.
Review of Sniper
