''The Shooter'' is a 1997 American

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film directed by

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(credited as Ed Raymond) and starring

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Plot synopsis

Michael 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

as Michael Atherton *

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as Kyle Tapert *

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as Wendy *

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as Jacob Finch / 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

Despite no

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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."

External links

* * 1997 films 1997 Western (genre) films Films directed by Fred Olen Ray American Western (genre) films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-Western-film-stub