He could take you down with nothing but the fire in his eyes.

Looking for a good politically-driven thriller? An intelligent whodunnit with intricate plot twists that'll keep you guessing through the entire film?

Then go rent The Bourne Identity.

But if you'd settle for some kickin' pyrotechnics and some fabulous eye-candy, then Shooter is the film for you!

The film stars Mark Wahlberg (Invincible, The Italian Job, Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch *swoons*) as Bobby Lee Swagger, a highly-trained military sniper. He quits and becomes a recluse when he and his partner (Lane Garrison, Prison Break, drunken traffic fatalities) are abandoned by their unit and his partner is killed.

The government tracks Bobby Lee down in order to enlist his help in stopping an attempt on the President's life. Unable to suppress his inherent sense of patriotism, Bobby Lee reluctantly agrees to help.

The US government thanks him by capping him twice and framing him for the assassination (of whom the assassination was, I will leave to you. Because, really, it doesn't even matter).

He sets out to prove his innocence by finding out who really did it and why. He does so with the help of his late partner's widow (Kate Mara, We are Marshall, Zoom), whom the government baddies kidnap to use as leverage against him and the filmmakers use as leverage against the guys complaining loudly that they want to go home next to their wives as they drool over the physical perfection that is Marky Mark.

Long story short, there are a lot of explosions and cool sniper-shots and some pretty funny lines and one unintentionally funny scene and enough shirtless Marky-Mark to keep theaters full of girls in hysterics for days.

I would recommend that you watch a matinee because it's not really worth the $10 a movie ticket costs these days, but you must watch it in a theater in order to truly appreciate the ossomness of some of the pyrotechnics and the beauty of Mr. Wahlberg's washboard abs.