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Men Gone Wild.("300" and "Shooter")(Movie review)

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An incomparable marksman, stealthy, silent, relentless, hiding among snowcapped peaks; the muzzle of a high-powered rifle aimed directly at the camera; helicopters swirling over mountains and city streets, pursuing the hero from the sky; gunmetal colors everywhere, and the chuggah-chuggah-chuggah of pounding drums and electronic music, a sound both primal and advanced at the same time: "Shooter," directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mark Wahlberg, as Bob Lee Swagger, a betrayed Marine marksman who becomes a vigilante crusader for justice, is a virtual textbook of action cliches. Fuqua made something fiery and memorable out ...

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