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This movie is far better than the previous sniper instalments at least the ones I remember seeing, first of all I'd like to commend the screen writers for the choice of setting, the savannah bathed in the African sun provided a unique and enchanting backdrop for good action shots.

I found fascinating the way the producers made use of visual effects to create the blood splatter and the plot development was not too bad, the movie starts of in the future- with a court martial thus leading us back to the events that led Sgt Brandon Beckett to go AWOL in search of the sniper that wiped out his entire unit.

While I find that the story line keeps you interested in finding out how Beckett intends to find the sniper it doesn't give you a punchy ending, I feel the endgame was rushed through and the villain (masiello) disposed of in a manner that defied the reputation that the writers had so painstakingly built to create.

Beckett received the unsolicited help of Miller (part played by Billy Zane) to achieve his mission, Miller is a friend of his late father and being something of a sniper legend offers to help his friends son along on his mission.

In the end director Claudio Fah I feel will need six stars from me for the effort.

Recommendation: Watch the movie.

One of the most exciting sniper films in the past 10 years. It will keep you at the edge of your seat from start to finish. The ending is totally unexpected and very satisfying. The portrayal of the military service is quite accurate unlike other sniper films that have too much sensationalism and exaggerated bravado. Don't expect too much special effects. This is a sniper film which relies on sneaky cat and mouse or hide and seek tactics, not a film about exploding robot aliens or mercenaries wielding dual Gatling guns. If you are looking for a fun action movie with a lot of suspense and a tiny hint of drama and romance, you will enjoy this movie.

This movie has good quality action, good sound effects, and not too bad for an action movie.

Script is very weak. Poor dialogs and poor acting is pulling the quality of the movie down. I guess actors are inexperienced but doing their best with limited talents they got (or limited by the script - not sure).

Storyline is all right. It has a little twist but it becomes apparent at the start of the movie. No deep emotions and drama element, although, there was enough room for it in the story.

If you are looking for a thriller or a serious action movie, this is NOT it. This is something little better than a tele drama, which will keep you occupied till the end.

There are few "adult elements" in the movie: a short sex scene, shooting, blood, and display of child soldiers.

Have you ever seen a movie and wondered "if someone were going to ruin this type of movie how would they do it?" Yup you guessed it this is in fact that movie.

First after watching this movie I truly wondered if it were possible to make a movie with (sniper) in the title with less sniping. Secondly the entire movie is not about snipers its about a soldier trying to get as far away from sniping as possible because in his words "its a cowards way of fighting". Then there is the laughable acting, almost no one in that movie knew what real emotion was supposed to look like so they just acted the best they could in hopes of attaining some shred of realism.. utter failure. Plot line, um what plot line it was just an endless scene of a guy angry about his buddies getting killed and running back to get revenge as if that's supposed to be heroic, more like pathetic and exactly what no marine would ever do in a situation like that. 1/10 and I'm being generous.

I was about to write a detailed review on this but Matt-441 said it all... i totally agree with him.... with no super-duper stars, this movie really hits the very best of Genre in recent times... Me, i like movies where i can go inside the screen and be in the movie. I didn't move an inch watching this one...

Script was well written, acting was way above average.. sound effects are key to the sniper movies, sound rocked in this movie!!!... what else?? scenery... it is based in Africa so what not to expect? beautiful views of jungle, Elephants, Rhinos, Giraffes etc... it is worth watching in short...

Can you ever compare to a legend? After being ambushed on a mission Sgt. Beckett (Collins), must step into his fathers shoes. Can he become as good of a sniper as his dad was and fight his way home? I spent the last few days watching "Sniper 1-3" in order to catch up. Although it helps to know the back story of his father and why Miller (Zane) is helping, but it's not necessary. This movie is very much like the other three, action is very good and exciting to watch. When there is no action or shooting, which is about 80% of the movie it slows way down and is hard to stay focused on it. If you like the other ones you will probably like this one. I did not. If you like "The American" you will probably enjoy this also. I just couldn't stay interested. I give it a C.

Would I watch again? - I will not.

(2011) Sniper: Reloaded WAR/ ACTION

Low budget, conventional and straight-to-rental flick has a small group of US soldiers ordered to safeguard a resident through some of the lands of the African Congo, only to be ambushed by some snipers leaving only one soldier still alive who after a bond with these soldiers is succumbing to seek retribution. The good are the actual existing politics explained that is going on in Congo and in Africa in general which doesn't come out until much later meaning that the director had probably done his research making the first 40 minutes to be very routine, the production values which includes some of the acting is apparently very low and has potential to be better.

Sorry for the short review, but I just don't see what to write about. This is simply one of the worst cheap and uninspired movies I've ever seen in my life. Yes, it might be OK for 1940's, but for 2011 even I could do a better job. All actors are awful, and absolutely everything that happens in this movie is completely unrealistic. It even gets to a point when in the beginning of the movie you first see the colonel and hear the footsteps of the two soldiers coming in, but when the camera shows them they just start walking from a wall opposite to the entrance into the room. I fast-forwarded through most of the movie because I just couldn't handle the absence of talent in everything in this movie, starting with the composer and ending with the director. Berenger's face and the ant in the beginning, as one of the reviewers mentioned, were the best parts of the movie, if there were any at all.

Greetings from Lithuania.

Now that's a nice one action film. I love the first "Sniper". It was my childhood film. Me with my friends watched "Sniper", "Rambo" hundreds of times. That was a GREAT (slow) action film. Years later, i watched "Sniper 2". I don't even want to remember that one because there is nothing to remember. Couple of days before i saw "Sniper Reloaded" (like "Matrix Reloaded" heh) and - what a surprise, i really liked this movie. Sure there isn't anything special - no SGI or Oscar worthy stuff, just a simple low budget action movie. And it works. Maybe because i was a fan of the first "Sniper" i really liked this one. The lines where they remember "a father" are a great ones (to the fans of the first one). Overall it's a really nice one film, just don't expect much and you will be really surprised.

My vote is 7, but because i'm a fan of the first one i'm actually giving this one a solid 8.

Good enough plot and lots of action. Few surprises until the end. Actors were believable. Producers could have used a good military resource to make parts of the presentation more believable. Action scenes were fun. Lots of loose technical issues but this effort is not all that concerned with accuracy.

So, it was a good shoot-um-up until the final scene when a guy shows up in a Navy senior officer's uniform and declares himself to be a Major. Obviously, there are no Majors in the Navy and, clearly, not enough smart producers in this crew.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I was an active duty Marine, pretty good shooter, but not a sniper.

Other than usual melodrama sniper reloaded has nothing novel or exciting to offer. A pedestrian script with no gripping moments. The whole story was very predictable, with no unexpected plot twists or anything spectacular that will make it memorable. The movie is not completely worst its a good action packed entertainer with amusing cinematography in Africa. If you wanna lay back and watch an entertaining movie, this is probably one for you. However, if you are looking for a little more depth, pass on this one. It's not like you haven't seen this before,it was just okay, it has some good action, but over all not that great of a movie.The sexual relationship between the Lieutenant and Sergeant was completely unnecessary, made even sillier by the fact that she's one of the officers on the disciplinary review board. Conclusion: A mediocre action flick that had the common decency not to insult us too much.

I have always liked the original 'Sniper'. Seen it numerous times, quoted it numerous times. It's one of those movies for me that I even sat through the two hit-and-miss sequels that followed. Which made me all the more surprised when I found out another sequel was to be released without Berenger, but low and behold, Billy Zane was back to the franchise.

Let's cut to the chase. There's only one reason to bother seeing Sniper Reloaded; you're a fan of the original. On it's own merits, there is nothing of worth to non-fans. The story is simple and predictable in every detail. The action sterile and the characters flat. From the hidden antagonist to a completely unnecessary romance subplot and a relatively unknown actor playing Beckett's estranged son. Who is no more than a sad excuse to make a Sniper sequel and somehow keep it tied to the origins. Fans of the series (more so the original) will sit through this and only to see GS9 Miller in what amounts to an extended cameo.

With rock bottom expectations that have been granted from sitting through one too many bad b-movie action flicks and/or sequels, 'Sniper Reloaded' was everything I thought it would be. I enjoyed seeing Miller again three sequels down the line and eighteen years since his appearance in the original, but everything else is better left unsaid. Probably the last entry in the 'Sniper' series as we know it and the weakest too.

An American action-thriller. The fourth film in the Sniper film series. It follows two of the three recurring lead characters: U. S. Marine Sgt Brandon Beckett, and his father's one time sniper apprentice Richard Miller, a teacher at the Force Reconnaissance Scout Snipers in United States Marine Corps. The story introduces Brandon Beckett, whose team have been ambushed by a sniper during a UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Beckett and his team are ordered to rescue a European farmer whose land has been overrun by rebels. The action is reasonably engaging with an interesting variety of tactical techniques associated with the work of a sniper: detection, target range estimation methods, field craft, and target acquisition. Sadly, in between the action the romantic element was insipid, and the subplot about a conspiracy was anticlimactic. All in all, an engaging film but it lacks suspense.

A thriiling and acceptable follow-up with plenty of gunplay, stars Sergeant Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) -son of master gunnery Thomas Becket- is a military working for UN special forces in the Congo Republic, he receives orders to rescue a farmer trapped into an enemy territory. When he and his team arrive at the farm, a sniper suddenly fires and injures the soldiers. Beckett returns to his base and attempts to seek vengeance by murdering the sniper. Meanwhile, Brandon falls in love with lieutenant Ellen Abramowitz (Annabel Wright). Becket also meets his father's friend, sniper instructor Richard Miller (Billy Zane) who becomes his mentor.

A by-now fairly familiar story that's full of frantic action, violence, crossfire, plot twists and turns. There's action enough, but the choreography is somewhat mediocre with too many camera movements and plot is cursory or shallow at best. Fourth entry of "Sniper", this time starring Brandon Beckett: Chad Michael Collins , who is passable as Thomas Beckett's aforementioned son, Tom Berenguer, who is nowhere to be seen. The saga began in 1993 with 'Sniper' by Luis Llosa (Mario Vargas Llosa's nephew), an action film taking elements of 'Rambo' and 'Commando'. Twenty years later this sequel goes on focusing on sniper action scenes, but this time is set in the Central African Republic of the Congo, although it was actually filmed in South Africa. Dealing with the usual mission in which our starring attempts to find out the guilty of the death in his squadron, along the way, the smooth running of the operation is swiftly jeopardised by growing tension, betrayal and other shortfalls. While ordinary starring Tom Berenguer doesn't appears, replaced by his son Chad Michael Collins, and returning Billy Zane who had an essential role in the original 'Sniper' and now as a kind of mentor and protector of Brandon. The film didn't premiered in USA cinemas, it was direct to DVD, or streaming.

The exciting 'Sniper saga' is made up of: "Sniper" 1992 by Luis Llosa, stars Tom Berenguer, Billy Zane, J. T. Walsh, Aden Young, Dale Dye, dealing with Beckett goes in search of his target, a politician planning a coup with the help of a drug Lord. "Sniper 2" , 2002, by Craig R. Baxley, stars Tom Berenguer, Bookem Woodbine, Dan Butler, Linden Ashby, in which Beckett is called on for one last assignment, to kill a Servian general who's committing atrocíties on the Muslim population. "Sniper 3" , 2004, by P. J. Pesce with Tom Berenguer, Denis Ardnt, Byron Mann, in which Beckett is given another mission: to go Vietnam in order to smack down an old friend, John Doman, who has become a dangerous terrorist rebel . "Sniper Reloaded", 2011, by Claudio Fah, with Billy Zane, Chad Michael Murray, Annabel Wright. "Sniper: Legacy", 2014, by Don Michael Paul with Tom Berenguer, Chad Michael Collins, Doug Allen, Nestor Serrano, Dennis Haysbert, Mercedes Mashon, in which a sniper plans to kill military leaders and one of them is Thomas Beckett, the main target is to discover the murderer, and a decoy is used to hunt the sniper.

For the most part, any film that relates itself to a franchise by having the words "Son of" end up doing horrible with fans and audiences. Son of the Mask (2005) is a perfect example of this type of fail. And then there are the few that actually respect their elders instead of jumping all over them. Sniper: Reloaded is exactly what it implies in the title; Berenger's out, time to bring in his "son" to fill in the shoes. And it's done almost perfectly to that of the first Sniper (1993).

This "fourquel", as some would call it, is about the story of Sgt. Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) who decides to fill in for his legendary father, Master Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Beckett, played by Tom Berenger in the past three films. Collins looks astonishingly similar to that of Berenger and it was stroke of luck that he acts just like him too. Thank you Christa Schamberger for casting Collins, you're great! And that's just one actor to be thankful for.

Then there's the character of Richard Miller (Billy Zane) who is now overgrown looking and has receding hair. So much for what he used to be! Now he's back to help Beckett's son become a sniper. And it's an honor to see Zane's character as the father figure in this film. This is the duo that made this franchise a hit and it's gratifying to see Richard Miller reciprocating what he learned to Tom Beckett's son. Not mention the fact that Zane makes his character so nonchalant yet charismatic. I laughed at a lot of the lines Miller had to say. It was fun to see him again.

The way John Fasano configured the script was cleverly written. There are some many juicy hints and references that will fans cringing with joy. Right at the beginning fans will even see a military record of Tom Beckett with an authenticated picture. Sweet. The audience will even learn why Brandon Beckett joined the marines. A specific character mentions even the line "One shot, two kills". Ahhh the memories! One thing that disappointed me was that even with all these clues, the truth to what happened to Thomas Beckett is left unmarked. Why? I guess the only thing we can assume is that since Berenger did not reprise the role, the character of Beckett Sr. is dead too. Oh well.

Like the past two sequels, the sniper franchise has moved to an action genre and has abandoned the thriller part of it. That still annoyed me but for what it's worth, this particular action was more entertaining than Sniper 2 (2002) or Sniper 3 (2004) put together. The carnage was turned up too which was a nice touch. It made the warfare more fun to watch. Credit to director Claudio Fäh, also director of far less entertaining Hollow Man 2 (2006) for the action sequences. His direction was much better than the Hollow Man sequel.

The scenery is great too. Sniper 2 (2002) was in the midst of a city and it didn't seem as real for a sniper to be taking out enemies there than in a Panamanian jungle. Sniper 3 (2004) had some of that but still failed to elevate it much higher. But Sniper: Reloaded is all filmed in the African Sahara. The audience will even get to see live animals; simply beautiful. Both Mark Sayfritz and Marcus Trumpp had an enjoyable musical soundtrack. Of course since this is a direct-to-video sequel it won't be released, but it does feel authentic and not just random notes put together.

Finally, as love interests go, I'd say it didn't have to be penned in but it did help make a good subplot. Annabel Wright plays Beckett's secret lover, Lt. Ellen Abramowitz, who helps him find the bad guys and take them out. I'm not sure why a sex scene was obligatory to have in the running time though. I guess it was that the story revolved around Collins, and because he's hunk, he's suppose to have sex with a fairly attractive military chick? I don't know. But overall I was very pleased with the outcome and it even leaves itself open for another sequel, which hopefully will happen with the same cast from this movie.

Aside the few nit-picks, Sniper: Reloaded is hard not to enjoy. The story, action, music, script and atmosphere by far surpass the last two sequels.

Well, let me help you in choosing, actually not making a mistake, if you want to spend an evening with what you think will be a good action movie... What a load of nonsense... This film was a total waste of an hour and a half that I will never get back. This movie, if I can compare, was like a stew in cooking language. All the ingredients were inside, but they were all mixed and mushed up. I had great expectations since the one from 1993 with Tom Berenger, with all the modern weapons and gadgets but it let me down =( I wouldn't even recommend this movie to my worst enemy... Hope that'll help in your future choices of movie watching. Bonne lecture et a+

So just another load of wobbly shakycam shots put together to make a rubbish movie...

I have seen the previous "Sniper" movies and where a few of them achieved cheesy action movie status this film was far from even that. The original may not have been entirely accurate or plausible but was good enough to carry through and be entertaining.

"Reloaded" Lacked much, it had some nice polish and potential in a few areas such as the setting and even the simplistic story might have been good if it had been handled better...but it wasn't.

Almost every single military personnel was way off, it was as if no one had any actual training "yes they are actors but they are trying to portray professionals". Since when do marines freak out, disobey orders, ignore and insult superiors and almost seem to run INTO gunfire and how come so few can hold a weapon without firing randomly and from the hip? There where numerous situations where people were under fire and they would just stand out in the open firing from the hip and literally making themselves targets. Maybe badly trained militias would do these things and sure at some point in time it was okay to walk into gunfire in formation but no way is that something well trained modern troops do especially when you only have a vague idea on where your enemy is and they(the enemy) are picking people off.

The acting is bad, the dialogue is weak, the camera work and pacing is all over the place. the story is somewhat mishandled and it truly has the least to do with sniping of any of the films.

Over all it came off more like a pretentious fan boys take on the series.

Some may like it but if you want more than action movie clichés then chances are you might not enjoy it too much.