Sniper: Reloaded

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.

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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.

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.

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...

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.