Kate Mara and Mark Wahlberg in “Shooter”

| January 30, 2007 |

Mark Wahlberg and Kate Mara (Remember her? The wacky redhead from Season 5 of “24″ who crossed paths with our beloved Chloe O’Brian?) teams up to bring down Washington political scumbags in “Shooter”. The movie is a contemporary reworking of the original novel “Point of Impact” by Stephen Hunter, about an ex-Marine sniper who is tricked out of retirement, set up by some political scumbags, and then must clear his name as a nationwide manhunt for him begins. The narrative sounds a lot like “The Bourne Identity” minus the amnesia and France, but don’t let that stop you from watching it anyway. The film has some promise; not only does the plot sound good, but Wahlberg has gotten some major creds coming off his insanely good role in “The Departed”. And Kate Mara is curiously very appealing to me.

Some stills from the movie, including a trailer below. The film opens March 16th, 2007. It co-stars Mark Wahlberg, Kate Mara, Michael Pena, Rhona Mitra, Danny Glover, and is directed by Antoine Fuqua (”Tears of the Sun”).

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