Francotirador 6: El tirador fantasma

Snipers are assigned the mission to protect a Georgian gas pipeline from terrorists. Our starring thinks of a security breach and he attempts to chase the mole. Elite snipers Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) and Richard Miller (Billy Zane) under the command their Colonel (Dennis Haysbert) carry out the assignment, but their snipers being murdered by a ghost shooter who knows their exact location. Little by little things go wrong when betrayal and ambushes take place.

The typical story of commandos of brave special forces with full of fractic action, violence, shootouts, intrigue, twists and turns. This is another entry in the "Sinper" saga that began in 1992 with "Luis Llosa's Sniper" starring Tom Berenguer, Billy Zane. There's suspense enough provided by an intrigue in which the group of snipers is usually betrayed and to find out the real guilty. And, of course, the ordinary drones with missiles pull off the habitual wreak havoc against the islamist enemy. Along the way, the smooth runnings of the operations are swiftly jeopardized by growing dangers, treason, and other shortfalls. Tensions boil as a security breach is suspected and the question is if there're someone working with the enemy on the inside. In the cast repeat actors of the saga as Chad Michael Collins, Dennis Haysbert, and Billy Zane, along with others as Nick Gómez, Ravil Isyanov, Ene Frost and Stephanie Vogt.

The motion picture was uneven but adequately directed by Don Michael Paul, and he would make a similar follow-up: "Sniper: Legacy". He is a good American filmmaker who has made some decent films, and with successes enough. This craftman has directed a number of movies and many of them are sequels. Don Michael Paul is a secondary actor and director, as he has made all kinds of genres with penchant for action movies, such as : " The Scorpion King, Book of Souls" , "Death Race: Anarchy", starring Zach McGowan, " Jarhead 2", "Sniper Legacy", "Lake Placid:Final Chapter", "Bulletproof 2", "Kindergaten cops 2", "Who is your caddy?", "The garden", among others. "Sniper: Ghost shooter" rating: 5,5/10. Acceptable and passable, recommended for enthusiasts of the long series only, and for completists.

Some performances not so good, one or two special effects could be better, quite a bit of corny dialog. Would have been really good if not for those things. Well worth watching as long as you don't take it seriously and you like action movies with lots of shooting and blood. Some reviewers have said some of the things would never happen like that. They probably didn't like Die Hard either.

Sniper was a good action film. It moved along at a decent pace, played the tension between old hand and up-and-coming newbie well and threw in a fair amount of tension.

In accordance with the law of diminishing returns, this one barely registers. Sure, if you like mindless running around "having a gunfight" every 20 minutes with people taking impossible shots and dying in "throw your arms and legs out" style you'll probably enjoy it.

If you're looking for a half decent plot, characters who are bit more than 2 dimensions and a "twist" that doesn't telegraph its arrival in neon lights then look elsewhere.

As former military, I'm particular about realism. Although this movie had it's share of cinematic liberty, for a sniper movie, it was actually quite good. As soon as I saw "Billy Zane" in the opening credits, I groaned a little. He has matured quite a bit since "Sniper"...plus, they didn't play up the role of GMSgt "Gunny" Beckett too much (the lead role is his son, Brandon Beckett), so that made it less like a sequel and more like a continuing story line. It was just a good, action-packed "heavy on the sniper action" flick. If you like military movies, specifically sniper movies, you'll enjoy it. You won't say it's the best sniper movie ever, but you'll watch it to the end without puking.

Not as good as Shooter (Mark Wahlberg), not as good as the original Sniper (Tom Berenger), but a darn close third place, with every other sniper movie falling way behind IMHO. A little too much cheese at times, but countered with some slightly comedic moments (the Russian talking about John McClane from Die Hard...yippie-ki-yay, MF'er, etc). It had it's snicker moments for sure, but pretty much action-packed from beginning to end, which I love.

Overall, a definite watch. Maybe not a "keep forever and watch again and again", but unless you're one of those people who want to dissect cinematography (really well done here), or the director's mood or previous works and how it compares, you'll enjoy it for what it is. Lots of sniper shots, lots of "Semper Fi" moments, and just a decent movie. I'd watch it again, but not anytime soon.

So, i was disappointed that they didn't say how the enemy got the equipment.. was kind of expecting that. Like if that was the main thing holding up the story you think they would talk about how the breach happened and what they did to fix it.

Also this requires a minimum amount of characters in order to leave a review, so allow me to use the rest of the space as a fill-in. Thank you for taking the time to read my review, and I hope it finds you in good spirits. This movie was good but overall I would not watch it again as pieces of the plot could have been addressed better. But the actors did well.