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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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
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.
Adam Peters (10%) Poor Wesley Snipes having to be in crap like this. The script even for an action movie (the better action movies always have at least quite good scripts) is really, really poor, clichéd and bland, the supporting cast wouldn't be out of place in a daytime soap opera and a lot of the "action" is made up of old stock footage of planes landing on aircraft carriers again and again. Snipes, just like certain cheapo Seagal movies, is not actually in the movie that much, and when he is he's given just as bad lines as everyone else. There is one OK action sequence, but the awful and boring army intelligence scenes feel like they make up at least half of the run time and they just ruin everything. Snipes deserves better. Avoid.
callanvass Wesley Snipes has had tax issues for years, so he's gone down the route of Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Jean Claude Van Damme, among others. That doesn't excuse how abominably bad this movie is. It's just over 90 minutes long, and it feels like well over two hours with how excruciatingly laborious it is. It has stock footage from the movie Navy Seals, Iron Eagle, among other things, and no action to speak of, aside from extremely boring shootouts. I don't know how much this cost to make, but it's really cheap looking, and filmed in Romania. I feel so bad for Wesley Snipes, because he is such a talented action star. He is very adept at martial arts, and is quite charismatic. He has barely any lines here, and phones it in. I don't blame him one bit. He's clearly trying to make some quick cash, but he looks bored to tears. He even appears dubbed on a couple occasions. They try to give him this mysterious character, and it fails miserably. He does no fighting here, so even die hard Snipes fans will be disenchanted. I admittedly lost focus on a number of occasions here. It really is that boring. It has many scenes, filled with uninteresting & poor dialog, which seem to go on forever. It's too boring to be so bad it's good, the action is mostly gunfire. Snipes had barely any dialog. It fails on every level. If you wanna see Snipes at his best, check out Demolition Man, or a Blade movie. This movie belongs in bargain bins, and it'll make you weep about how Snipes has succumbed his standards to this drivelDUD
frpax Normally, Wesley Snipes and action movies go hand-in-hand like bacon & eggs. But this is an awful film.I've not seen a movie that was: Poorly written Poorly directed Poorly edited Poorly acted Poorly costumed all at the same time.The best thing about the movie was Emma Samms. Not that she put in an excellent performance, but the fact that she still looks good for a mature woman.The editing was choppy, making it hard to follow the film. The screenplay was awful, making it even harder to follow what was going on in the film. The costuming was a joke. I've seen better costuming at an airsoft skirmish! The direction was just bad...about as bad as the acting. Snipes is a good actor, but bad direction, bad script and choppy editing may be the cause for his bad performance. The support actors did not do a good job at all, either. There is some gratuitous nudity at the beginning of the film. The "Ranger" squad was at a strip club. That brings up another problem...you'd think they could've hired someone (who was actually in the Army) to advise them on how military personnel speak, act, etc.Overall, it's not even worth a rental.