Shooter is a story about Bob Lee Swagger, played by Mark Whilberg, who is a very good sniper. After a mission in Ethiopia which leads to his best friend dead, he then retired and live in a very secluded area. One day, there are some people come to his house and claim to be secret agent of the military of government. They give Swagger mission to plan the assassination of the US President. Not to execute, but to plan only. They said that the president of America is in danger because there is enemy who infiltrate within their organization and they don't know who is it. At first, Swagger refused to do it right away, but the leader, Colonel Isaac Johnson, played by Danny Glover, still try to persuade him and explain in detail the schedule of President until the next two weeks, the time of the assassination expected to be taken.
At the end, Swagger agreed to do it and do thorough checking in which place and how the assassination is potentially to be done. At the execution day, Swager is there along with the special agent, watching the president doing his speech. Unexpectedly, the shot is heard aiming for the president yet the bullet missed the target. The president is safe. At the same time, Swagger heard another shot within his room and it turns out that he's shot by the local police of the organization.
As the matter of fact, everything has been planned before. Swagger is framed. With two shots on the chest, he run away with the stolen car from one FBI agent that he met. Before left, to that FBI agent named Nick Memphis, played by Michael Pena, Swagger explain that he didn't kill the president.
Swagger managed to escape from the police who chased him. He then heading towards Keene City, Kentucky, to meet Sarah. Sarah, played by Kate Mara, is the girlfriend of Swagger's best friend who died in Pakistan before. With the help from Sarah, Swagger can heal the scar and slowly recovered.
Meanwhile, the FBI agent - Nick Memphis, is still wondering about the thing that Swagger said to him, that he didn't kill the president. Because of his curiosity, Memphis trying to reveal what's hidden behind this case.
When Memphis is about to reveal the gaffe that he found, he was kidnapped and was about to be killed. Then when he's about to lost his consciousness, someone helped him. It's Swagger.
After he saved Memphis, both of them are becoming friends and work together to reveal the truth and tracking who's the shooter. With the help of Memphis's friend on the FBI, the girl named Alourder, played by Rhona Mitra, they found out that the shooter is the one Swagger met before in the organization.
They went to Lynchburg, Virginia, and began to pursue Mikaylo Sczerbiak. After investigate Sczerbiak, Swagger found out about the fact behind the Ethiopia case also about the conglomerate senator from Montana, Charles Meachum, whose hiding behind this all. Before suicide, Sczerbiak also inform him that they had taken Swagger's girlfriend, means they have kidnapped Sarah. Right after that, the house was surrounded by the army that Colonel Johnson sent. Yet, Swagger and Memphis can still escape again.
Memphis then called FBI office and hoping they will track them. It works. FBI tracked them, so do Johnson. Soon after that, Johnson calls Swagger and they make the deal where to meet.
On a full-snow mountain, they met and Swagger managed to kill all the sniper that Johnson and Meachum paid for kill them. They saved Sarah and meet the senator. When the FBI came, Swagger decided to surrender so that he can go to the court.
In the court, Bob Lee Swagger reveal everything but since Johnson has high level people who support him, they cannot get him to the prison. Yet, the Attorney General Russert, who also clearly showing his objection to Johnson after knowing his dark background, freed Swagger. I personally like the character of the Attorney General in here. Very firm and full with the sense of justice.
After his freedom, Swagger run after where the Johnson and Meachum are hiding. He kill them all. Just like the words that Attorney General said to Swagger before freeing him, "For the record, i don't like the way it's turned out anymore than you do. But this is the world we live in. And justice is not always prevailed. It's not the wild west where you cleaned up the streets with the gun, even though sometimes it's exactly what it's needed.
You Rock, Attorney!! hahaha..
"Yesterday is about honor. Today is about justice - Shooter"
