billsweeney2006 A WASTE OF TIME. Does Wesley Snipes really need the money that badly? There are many examples of actors doing a movie just because they need to pay off a new swimming pool or pay down a mortgage. (See Micael Caine in 1980's "the island"). Matt Andrews left his good TV roles to make the money too. This highly Forgettable movie had a bunch of apprentice actors in it with no experience. How much did they pay to rent those abandoned buildings and the sewage treatment plant in Romania? $50 a day? The entire crew list had just a few American names. Another example of making a movie outside the United States "on the cheap". I'll probably think hard before I watch another Wesley Snipers movie now that he's shown that he's in it just for the money.

whiteshodan Now we all know the likes of Stallone, Scwartzenegger, Segal and Van Damme when they have finish making some great action films we get the poor quality low budget rubbish. Well I am sorry to say that it has happened to Snipes as well. We had Demolition Man, Blade and many other great films by Snipes and now it seems that Action Films are now out of favour and he has to jump on the poor quality film wagon.The film shows what Van Damme has had to put up with for years (not including Wake of Death which was only quite Good) and films that try and rely on big bangs and lots of Macho gung ho material.The film itself is set in some Russian backwater with a man who wants to start a world war and Snipes is sent in to blow up a nuclear war head station before it is primed. That is the story and to be honest I may have made it sound better than it actually is.The saving grace in the movie for me is a chance to see that Emma Samms has if not a little older but still has a great sex appeal what with me being a lustful fan of hers for a number of years.So in conclusion the film is easy to forget and perhaps look for the bargain bin in a local store where it will be soon on offer if you are a big snipes fan. Lets hope that he gets some better material real soon.

Eucriel I only watched it to the end because it was a rental - had we gone to see this at the cinema I'd have asked for our money back.Some glaring problems here - the sound recording was sub-standard, so you couldn't hear the lines properly. The dialogue was clumsily delivered - almost stumbled through - something any half-decent director should have spotted right away.I think they could have made the film passable had they sorted the sound & dialogue, and took the time to focus the action. The whole thing felt hurried and low-budget.Disappointing FX for an action movie - either stock footage, cheap sparks/fireworks or studio overlays. I've only seen it one time through (That's quite enough), but it's probably been shot with only 4 or 5 locations, with stock for the rest.One redeeming feature was the lighting. For obviously hurried shots, digicams and cheap locations, the lighting crew did a good job and brought some of the only atmosphere to the film. Some credit has to go to camera there, but the scenes seemed so half-thought-through it must have been difficult to bring imagination to the movement - Photography is routine and adequate.The last word on technique and the second redeemer is editing. Whoever edited this obviously has talent - how anybody could string this carnage together is beyond me - and just got away with it.Overall? This wouldn't get any respec' from even your most chavved-up action junkie. The Marksman is blatantly written, directed and produced by accountants with no imagination or inclination to bother - so don't.

Maarten Labeeuw Poor cinematography, poor soundtrack, in fact just plain poor all round. The only condition under which this movie should be watched is if you're completely plastered, but still having trouble getting to sleep... this film will do the trick.The use of gadgets and gizmo's is yet another aspect of this movie which has been badly mistreated, just there to fill space in between boring action sequences. In fact in that respect they are much like this paragraph, of no real use but still required by the movie industry so the back cover doesn't give a duration of 10 min which is really all the plot was good for.