The Marksman (2005) (V)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Marcus Adams

Writers (WGA):

Travis Spangler (story) &
Tyler Spangler (story) ...

Release Date:

12 October 2005 (Argentina)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

The fate of two nations rests in his hands.

Plot:

Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them. |

Plot Keywords:

Timebomb | Beautiful Woman | Sniper | Exploding Building | Military

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Painter
Emma Samms	...	Amanda Jacks
William Hope	...	Johnathan Tensor
Anthony Warren	...	Capt. Naish
Peter Youngblood Hills	...	Hargreaves
Ryan McCluskey	...	Rodgers
Warren Derosa	...	Orin
Christiaan Haig	...	Hightop
Dan Badarau	...	Gen. Egor Zaysan (as Dan Badaru)
Serge Soric	...	Andrey Flintov
Gelu Nitu	...	Minister Viktor Ivanov
Matt Salinger	...	General Parent (as Matthew Salinger)
John Guerrasio	...	Secretary Cummings
Ian Ashpitel	...	Major Devro
Peter Swander	...	Sergeant Hill (as Peter Bradley Swander)

Also Known As:

Nuclear Target (Europe: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Andrew Stevens Entertainment

Trivia:

An entire dialog sequence was lifted directly from Fred Olen Ray's _Active Stealth (1999)_ when the film came in under time.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the opening sequence a fighter pilot acknowledges cleared for takeoff, presses a toggle on the dash, and we see a gauge spinning up past "1.5" followed by a tail view of the jet taxiing out. However the gauge we saw was clearly marked "MACH", and going MACH 1.5 while taxiing on the ground in a jet fighter is a bit difficult.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Painter: Are your nerves shaking?... that means your instincts are turned on.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Navy Seals (1990)

Soundtrack:

Public Eye

Total Garbage

The first 10 minutes of this movie says enough it is a cobbled up poorly directed pile of reeking crap. THe story is horribly obvious from the outset to boot. Tired and trite standard themes that have been done before and with far more style.

I must say after this viewing I can say any time one sees Wesley Snipes listing in a movie it is a fairly safe bet that the movie is not worth watching. Pity Wesley seems to be associated with people who can't make a movie worth watching.

Save your time and don't bother. I'd say it isn't even worth a rental when time comes. Waste of bandwidth.