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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

How sad is this?

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I watched this film of an evening and had forgotten about it the next morning. Cookie cutter is the phrase I'm looking for, because this straight-to-video nonsense is predictable in every way and holds no character of its own. Now, I'm not too worried about the lacklustre story - action films don't NEED great stories, plenty do without - but the attempted flashy direction is really at fault here. Marcus Adams handled the dull demonic horror outing LONG TIME DEAD but he's certainly not cut out for the action genre.Wesley Snipes is the star - Seagal or Van Damme could equally have played the part - and nobody bothers giving him a character, so he just wanders around and shoots bad guys in various badly-directed and poorly-edited clips. There's the usual round of betrayal and heroism, but the whole cast is extraneous, the villains caricatures and originality nowhere to be found. It's neither exciting nor thrilling, and the presence of William Hope (ALIENS) only serves to remind the viewer of what a decent action film should look like.

I can't disagree with the general condemnation of the film found in all the other comments, although for so unpretentious and low-budget a movie I think some folks are being a little harsh. I wish that the filmmakers had thought to make a comedy, a satire on "Rangers lead the way", "SEALs rescue the world", "De oppresso liber"-type films. As it is, they almost did that anyway; not too many clichés were overlooked; if only someone had thought to write comedy deliberately... The aircraft carrier (or, judging by the captain's hat, nuclear submarine) should have been called something like the USS Millard Fillmore (which I suppose isn't any sillier than naming carriers after chairmen of the House Armed Services Committee, as has been done); instead of infantry lieutenants as jet pilots, they could have gone a step further and had, say, uniformed members of the Public Health Service; instead of the off-duty Rangers (or whatever they were supposed to be) being called out of a topless bar, have them attending a Beethoven concert--stuff like that. It could have been hilarious. Has anyone done a film like that yet? We have good satires on James Bondish spy flicks (e.g., Johnny English). How about one on the "Commando film" genre?

Oh my gosh! this movie rules see it! watch it in slow motion , rewind and all speeds of fast forward it is that good.I just love the way it uses great actors to portray its realistic, original story.(takes envelope of cash from movie studio)Watch it! Watch it!if you like any kind of movies watch it.Best movie ever.I love the cool explosions and when Wesley Snipes fights the man with the bread knife classic...Hoping for a sequel could be called something cool like Marksman 2 or Marksman vengeance or Marksman 'X'treme i would pay double for that 'X' could wesley pull off amovie as good as this i think he has the talent deserves an Oscar and a star on the Hollywood walk of fame unless he alredy has one.

...that I would bet does NOT show up on Wesley Snipes' resume. I think he must have owed someone a favor or something. "The Marksman" plays like an inept child's G.I.Joe fantasy, right down to the lack of accurate detail. Bad costuming, unrealistic military action, lots of fiery but totally unbelievable bang-bang, enemy soldiers who can't hit the broad side of a barn, terrible dialogue, wooden performances from one and all, pedestrian cinematography from a career TV DP, shot on-the-cheap in Romania; one can only wonder who greenlighted this thing. Like I said, Wesley must have owed somebody. Maybe Andrew Stevens, who embarrasses himself in a brief cameo role, and was dumb enough to co-produce this turkey. Even Wesley didn't do that! Strictly for the desperate. Glad I got it at the library, that's for sure.