The Shooter (also known as Deadly Shooter[1] and Desert Shooter)[2] is a 1997 American Western film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as Ed Raymond) and starring Michael Dudikoff.[3]
| The Shooter | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Fred Olen Ray (as Ed Raymond) |
| Written by | Tony Giglio |
| Produced by | Ashok Amritraj Andrew Stevens |
| Starring | Michael Dudikoff Randy Travis Valerie Wildman Eric Lawson Robert Donavan William Smith Andrew Stevens |
| Narrated by | Andrew Stevens |
| Cinematography | Gary Graver |
| Edited by | Brett Hedlund |
| Music by | Deeji Mincey Boris Zelkin |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editMichael Atherton stands up to the unfriendly and controlling family that runs the small, western town he lives in and ends up unheroically beaten up and left for dead. By luck, he is saved by a prostitute attacked by the same group of desperados.
Cast
edit- Michael Dudikoff as Michael Atherton
- Randy Travis as Kyle Tapert
- Valerie Wildman as Wendy
- Andrew Stevens as Jacob Finch / The Narrator
- William Smith as Jerry Krants
- Robert Donavan as Mayor Pete Sayers
- Eric Lawson as Paul
- Hoke Howell as Duncan
- Libby George as Gina
- Cal Bartlett as Sheriff
Reception
editDespite no Rotten Tomatoes approval rating and a Want-To-See score of 29%, The Shooter received positive reviews from critics and audiences. Karina Montgomery of "rec.arts.movies.reviews" called it "a meat and potatoes kind of film, a good time. You can find plot holes, but to comment on them would be petty in light of the rest of the film's merits working with them." Super Reviewer Brody Manson said "I was NOT expecting to like this western as much as I did but It had that old school western feel and it was action packed from start to finish."[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Deadly Shooter (1997) | MUBI (in Portuguese), retrieved January 3, 2024
- ^ Brode, Douglas (August 1, 2013). Dream West: Politics and Religion in Cowboy Movies. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-74828-6.
- ^ "Deadly Shooter". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.