Sniper

Dear all

Watched the movie 'Sniper' before my midnight shift last night. Seriously, have never ever really came out from watching a movie feeling so negative about a movie. The movie SUCKS BIG TIME. So unrealistic and illogical.

Firstly, the movie quality was very bad, like it's a low-budget movie. Some scenes were also unrealistic. For example;

1) Raining heavily, policeman on patrol BUT without any raincoat(????). They were drenched wet in the movie, what was the director thinking.

2) The snipers training to shoot bare-bodied. Not that I'm jealous of their bodies, BUT which special operations force trains like that. Snipers are supposed to blend into their environment, using foliage and cover to conceal themselves. Without any top clothes on, how to blend in.

3) A scene whereby their fellow comrade had fallen. Flag was at half-mast and a salute was given in honour BUT without their peak-caps. In military or police tradition, a salute can only be given when their caps are worn.

4) Lone sniper against a whole assault team. Assault team charging in an open field towards the sniper. The sniper picked off the assault team easily one by one. In reality, which commander would send an assault team charging in an open field against a sniper (so called top-sniper in the movie).

5) The team of good snipers assaulting into a warehouse to search for the bad snipers. Fair enough. However, the snipers were carrying sniper rifles instead of assault rifles. Snipers shoot with long rifles at long distances. Snipers pick their targets from far and provide cover for the assault team. A sniper rifle is also much heavier and more delicate than an assault rifle. An assault/forced entry into a building is done by the assault team and not by snipers. Where's the logic by the director with the snipers doing the assault.

Overall, this is the worst movie ever I watched in a movie hall and I felt cheated parting with the money to watch it. The movie plot was not bad. So much hype about Edison Chen for this movie but really nothing special. Out of 5, only deserve half a star.

The negative lists could go on but will only make the movie worse.

Helmi