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Sniper (1993) -- Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills...
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Overview

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5.7/10   6,172 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Michael Frost Beckner (written by) &
Crash Leyland (written by)
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Release Date:
29 January 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
One Shot. One Kill. No Exceptions.
Plot:
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills... more | add synopsis
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As a Federal Agent I thought it was great. more (41 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Berenger ... Thomas Beckett

Billy Zane ... Richard Miller

J.T. Walsh ... Chester Van Damme
Aden Young ... Doug Papich
Ken Radley ... El Cirujano
Reynaldo Arenas ... Cacique (as Reinaldo Arenas)
Gary Swanson ... NSC Officer in Washington
Hank Garrett ... Admiral in Washington
Frederick Miragliotta ... General Miguel Alavarez
Vanessa Steele ... Mrs. Alvarez
Carlos Álvarez ... Raul Ochoa

Tyler Coppin ... Ripoly (as Tyler Copin)

Teo Gebert ... Ripolys Friend
Edward Wiley ... DeSilva
William Curtin ... Mountain Top Pilot
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Runtime:
98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The weapon used by Billy Zane in this movie is not an H&K PSG-1, an expensive precision semi-automatic rifle commonly used by special forces snipers. It is an H&K SR-9 TC , a similar but cheaper version of the PSG-1 that was designed for civilian sales. more
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Errors in geography: When Beckett and Miller are getting on the train, the Queensland Rail symbol, QR, is clearly visible on the side of the carriages. more
Quotes:
Thomas Beckett: What's that?
Richard Miller: Got it out of the catalogue when I was with D.C. SWAT. We called it "Gucciflage".
Thomas Beckett: [laughs] "Gucciflage"?
Richard Miller: [smirks] Yeah.
Thomas Beckett: You gonna wear that?
Richard Miller: Yeah.
Thomas Beckett: Let me see it.
[gets handed the "Gucciflage", inspects it, stretches it out, and then flings it out the train window]
Richard Miller: [frustrated] Nice shot!
Thomas Beckett: Ain't no room for Peter Pan on this hunt. You wear Corporal Papich's tree tux that I gave you.
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References Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) more
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Medicine Man more

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20 out of 31 people found the following review useful.
As a Federal Agent I thought it was great., 2 September 2004
Author: swojtak from Los Angeles, CA

As a long time Federal Agent and gunnnut I thought it was great. The high light was when the high level government officials called in Zane and told him he would be sent to a jungle, would kill an extremely dangerous drug dealer, he may be killed in the process and they would make Zane (drum roll please)(Tah-Dah!) a GS-9. At this point I burst out laughing. Nobody else said a word. This was the funniest thing I ever heard. I was a GS-11 at the time. This is just like the Federal Government. Officials chose an employee for the "fast track" (usually a brown noser/ass kisser) who they want to rise in the ranks over others more qualified. They team this "fast track" person with an experienced, well qualified, person who will really do the work. The goal being the high officials get the credit along with the "fast track" and the experienced person will get shafted. I liked the movie except for rifle scope with moving lights inside. I am a shooter and I have never seen a scope like this one. However, I did like how the experienced sniper dressed and acted. This was accurate as far as I understand and this is how real snipers really operate.

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