Sniper - the sniper

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Movie
German title Sniper - the sniper
Original title Sniper
Country of production USA , Peru
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 84 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Luis Llosa
script Michael Frost Beckner ,
Crash Leyland
production Walon Green ,
Mark Johnson ,
Robert L. Rosen ,
Patrick Wachsberger
music Gary Chang
camera Bill Butler
cut M. Scott Smith
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Sniper 2

Sniper - The sniper (original title: Sniper ) is an American action film from 1993 . The Director led Luis Llosa , the writer wrote Michael Frost Beckner and Crash Leyland . The main roles were played by Tom Berenger and Billy Zane .

action

The marine sniper Thomas Beckett, who has already killed 74 people, is assigned the inexperienced Richard Miller as the new spotter for a special assignment. Miller replaces the recently killed partner Becketts. The two are supposed to kill General Miguel Alavarez in Panama , who deals in drugs and is supposed to be put to the state president. Despite careful preparation, the mission goes awry due to an unforeseeable incident, Beckett and Miller are hunted by Alavarez's men. Among them is a sniper that Beckett once trained.

During the chase, the Marines run out of ammunition. Beckett is surrounded and arrested. He deliberately drops the last cartridge on the floor. He assumes that Miller, who is undiscovered by the opponents, is watching him and asks him with lip movements to kill him. However, Miller does not do this, but follows the men to free his comrade.

Beckett is taken to a camp where he is tortured. His former student hands him a pistol, the trigger of which he is supposed to touch with the index finger of his right hand "for the last time in his life". Then his finger is brutally twisted off with a wire and he loses his trigger finger. Miller arrives, kills some of Alavarez's people, and frees Beckett. The marines finally save themselves in the helicopter that has come up. On the way back Beckett shoots an opponent, pulling the trigger with his left finger with the last of his strength and saves his spotter.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on Reel Views that the plot was "predictable". He praised the choreography of the action scenes.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on January 29, 1993 that it was a pleasure to see the film, even though it was not original. The characters are similar to the characters in western films . The Peruvian director Luis Llosa hid a criticism of US imperialism in the film .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Panama and Australia . It started in the US on January 29, 1993 and grossed around 19 million US dollars in theaters there .

The precision rifles used in the film are an M40 and a modified H&K SR9 .

Five sequels to the film were shot: Sniper 2 from 2002 and Sniper 3 from 2004, starring Tom Berenger. In 2011, Sniper: Reloaded was a fourth part of the series, in which Billy Zane returned to his role from the first part. Claudio Fäh took over the direction .

The fourth sequel was released in September 2014: In Sniper: Legacy , Don Michael Paul directed and Tom Berenger again took on a leading role. As with all previous sequels, this is a direct-to-video production. 2016 followed Sniper: Ghost Shooter . Sniper: Homeland Security ( Sniper: Ultimate Kill ) was released in 2017, again staged by Claudio Fäh.

The indexing of the film from 1994 was prematurely lifted in July 2017. A re-examination of the unabridged version revealed the age rating from 16 years.

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  1. ↑ Sniper Film Review by James Berardinelli (in English) accessed from www.reelviews.net on March 17, 2014
  2. ↑ Review by Roger Ebert (in English) accessed on rogerebert.suntimes.com on March 17, 2014
  3. ↑ The Undertaker: Indexings / Seizures July 2017. On Schnittberichte.com, accessed December 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Undertaker: Sniper - The sniper with new FSK approval. Accessed on December 6, 2019.

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