Sniper (film)

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Sniper
Directed by Luis Llosa
Produced by Robert L. Rosen
Written by Michael Frost Beckner,
Crash Leyland
Starring Tom Berenger,
Billy Zane
Music by Gary Chang
Cinematography Bill Butler
Editing by M. Scott Smith
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) January 29, 1993
Running time 99 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Sniper is a 1993 action film starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane as American military snipers on an assassination mission in Panama.

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[edit] Plot

Thomas Beckett (Berenger) is an experienced U.S. Marine sniper. After losing several spotters in combat missions, he is paired up with the contrastingly inexperienced Richard Miller (Zane) to eliminate a Panamanian drug lord.

Miller is a SWAT team sharpshooter but lacks combat experience and has no confirmed kills to his name. As well as providing the action of the mission, the film focuses on the relationship between the two men and how their differing backgrounds affect their approaches to the job in hand.

[edit] Weapons

In the movie, Beckett uses an M40, Miller uses an SR9T, and the enemy sniper uses a Dragunov Sniper Rifle.

[edit] Sequels

Sniper spawned two sequels. The TV movie Sniper 2 in 2003 and the direct to video Sniper 3 in 2004.

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