Though "Shooter" is not a War film, I found the battle scenes believable and extremely well executed. The opening scene of the film portrays a sniper team perched on a mountain top. The main character, Bobby Lee Swagger, is accompanied by his scout sniper, who is also his longtime friend. Their mission to support an extracting combat team does not go as planned, and they are left to fight ground troops and a helicopter gunship alone. They fire upon hostile combatants with flawless precision. The ground troops do not know their location, but fire mortars that rain explosions very close to the sniper team's position. The scene reaches the pinnacle when an enemy helicopter locates them and begins firing at them. Bobby's friend is killed, and it appears that he will be also. After several attempts, the well trained sniper is able to shoot down the helicopter with a large caliber rifle. The action is riveting, and the director uses slow motion while Bobby is firing in desperation over his friend's death.
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