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Yet because he is the best at what he does, he is recruited by the government to help track down a potential sniper, only to become the scapegoat as part of a [[Government Conspiracy]]. Swagger goes on the run but knows he has to fight back, recruiting rookie FBI agent Nick Memphis to investigate. What they find reveals new details about the mission where Bob was trapped behind enemy lines.

 

Shooter enjoyed moderate box office success and some critical acclaim. In its genre, it is a conspiracy thriller, and rides on the paranoia of the [[George W. Bush|Bush years]]. It also owes a lot to ''[[The Bourne Series (film)|The Bourne Series]]'' (including the general resemblance between Wahlberg and [[Matt Damon]]), although the sniper angle and being rated R works in seperating itself from other [[Follow the Leader]] types.

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: If you're gonna cross modern political thriller with an 80s style action movie, you need cool names. Thankfully, Bob Lee Swagger fits the bill. Hell, even the sidekick has one: Nick Memphis. In fact, you can tell Nick's going to be significant because he's the only person in the film with a name even half as cool as Swagger.

** In a later book, Stephen Hunter thanks the man he named Earl and Bob Lee Swagger after.

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