Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Leofwine_draca THE SHOOTER is a fairly middling straight-to-video western flick which is pretty good considering that it was directed by Fred Olen Ray, the king of the sci-fi B-movie. The film stars action favourite Michael Dudikoff as the usual mysterious gunslinging hero who rides into town and helps to clean out a gang of bad guys who have been busy oppressing the loyal townsfolk. There are scenes of whipping as well as a heck of a lot of shooting, a graphic and strenuous sex scene, and some overacting from the supporting cast members. By comparison Dudikoff underplays it throughout and is given a bit of a dull character to work with. William Smith's bad guy is better although the film as a whole is strictly average.

justincward What score do you give a movie that's unremittingly awful, but contains so much cliché, poor direction, continuity, writing, acting, etc, that it's actually hilarious? The Shooter makes Blazing Saddles look like The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.Story: Film director finds old silent film western script and decides to graft a sadistic Clint Eastwood vibe onto it. So much to laugh at. There were so many reaction shots at one point, I expected the horses to get some, and one did. The hero's braces (US suspenders), that perform no function except to keep slipping off his shoulders. The hero's name, Michael Atherton, is the name of England's well-known (over here) cricket captain throughout the 1990's - it's as though Harry Potter had been called Wade Boggs. And his hat! A brim Katharine Hepburn would have balked at. And sorry, but he's way overweight! Looks like he's wearing five shirts and seven pairs of trousers (US pants).The chief baddie, standing in the main street gasping in his totally hoarse baddie voice, "Can you hear me?". "No!" you will shout. The way they all slowly walk up to face each other during gunfights. Guy in gunfight falls off balcony - check. Guy in gunfight falls into horse trough - check. Six-shooters have 35-round capacity - check. Hero, due to hang the next morning, doesn't notice his cell door being unlocked while he's - sound asleep! Hero and heroine ride off into sunset - yep, they do.The heroine rides off on the same spotty horse that appears under one of the baddie gang five minutes later. She keeps a bag with $10,000 dollars in it on her (bordello) bedroom table. The hero makes the most miraculous recovery from violent torture ever seen. I haven't scratched the surface. No, you have to see this film to believe it.

redwhiteandblue1776 Where do I start? The hero should have learned to ride a horse before filming a western. Red lipstick marks on a persons back really don't look like whip cuts. Hats of that period didn't have modern metal ventilation holes and the style of saddles used were not developed until the mid 1900s. After firing about eighteen rounds, our hero finally had to reload his six-shooter and there was zero "kick" when revolvers were fired. What bad guy takes the time to tie the picture perfect rope noose to hang the heroin? Who knew all the "whores" out west were so attractive? I could go on. All in all,a very amateurish production.

sdennyr I feel this is one of the best movies I've seen,I'm an older male and love most westerns. I love movies based in part at least on facts,If I am not mistaken this is such a movie. I also like revenge type movies,This qualifies there as well in my opinion.Some of my favorite parts of the movie were the opening scene with the whipping and the barn shooting scene. I felt the corral beating scene was a little overkill but did not affect how I feel about the complete movie. I saw what I think is a continuation of this movie in a gun smoke episode. I also enjoyed that.I recommend taking the time to watch this movie ,I will watch it again. I also felt the romance parts of this movie were well played. I thought it was so out of character for Randy Travis to play a villain type ,but I always enjoy his acting.