Directed by:
Antoine FuquaScreenplay:
Jonathan LemkinCinematography:
Peter Menzies Jr.Composer:
Mark MancinaCast:
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Mara, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Mike Dopud, Lane Garrison, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Ned Beatty, Louis Ferreira, Tate Donovan (more)Plots(1)
Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) is a former Marine sniper who, three years ago, participated in a failed illegal mission within Ethiopia. Now he finds that the government, or rather certain forces within it, has a vested interest in making him disappear. Living a simple life in a shack in the woods with his dog, he's tried very hard up to now to leave his former life behind but now its game on. A bent CIA operative, Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) appears and asks Swagger to help him foil a plot to kill the president that only he knows about. Furthermore, Johnson ups his credibility by furnishing Swagger a massive arsenal of weaponry with which to do the job. Is this a genuine plot, though, or is Swagger being elaborately set up? And anyway, has Swagger enough patriotism left in him to be coaxed into de-retiring for the sake of a country that's been trying to off him? (Paramount Pictures AU)
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