Shooter The Rewatchables
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Shooter

Most Rewatchable Scene

Last 25 minutes; Philadelphia assassination setup; escape after the cop shooting

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  • The opening Ethiopia mission is praised: good opening credits, a control room abandoning the mission, and Swagger picking off men from extreme range.
  • Sniper spotters are useless once a fight starts, and Memphis learns combat skills from Swagger in about a day and a half.
  • A marksman taking one do-or-die shot at a helicopter is a favorite trope.
  • Glover's visit to Swagger's cabin is a string of action-movie cliches, including the dog barking long before anyone arrives.
  • Swagger surveying the three candidate cities is rewatchable, and Philadelphia is a great sniper location.
  • The archbishop shooting and Swagger's escape run about eight minutes; the cutting is odd, with people vanishing from and returning to the room.
  • The brightly lit car-wash escape and driving the car into the river are favorite beats, with a comparison to The Fugitive.
  • Swagger rescuing Memphis from the staged-suicide machine leads to the classic "You set me up? You used me as bait?" exchange.
  • In the outdoor battle Swagger kills about 40 men without being hit.
  • Silent outdoor tactical kills homage First Blood, with the mud-camouflaged tree kill in Rambo II as the best version.
  • The snowy-mountain hostage exchange is confusing but enjoyable, including a villain laughing after his hand is shot off.
  • The log-cabin finale has villains drinking scotch and smoking cigars before a body drops through the ceiling.
  • The last 25 minutes, from the outdoor killing spree through the mountain and cabin to the final disabled-rifle reveal, are named the favorite; the Philadelphia sequence is conceded as the best single scene.
  • The Philadelphia assassination is chosen for its suspenseful setup with the waving flags and the reveal of the remote sniper rifle. — Chris Ryan
  • The escape, from being shot by the cop to being pulled away on the river, is the favorite rewatch because the film's knowing cliches give way to creative touches like cauterizing his own wound; the final act also succeeds by shrinking to the cabin. — Shea Serrano