SNIPER:
Legacy (2014/Sony DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: B Extras: D Film: C-
Sniper:
Legacy is a 2014 direct-to-video action film and the fifth
installment in the Sniper film series. It was preceded by
Sniper, Sniper 2, Sniper 3 and Sniper: Reloaded - none
of which I had heard of until seeing this film. Starring Tom
Berenger, Chad Michael Collins, and Dennis Haybert - the film has a
realistic look and decent production value yet has an unoriginal
feel.
A
rogue gunman is assassinating high-ranking military officers one by
one. When Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins,
Sniper: Reloaded) is informed his father, legendary shooter
Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) has been killed, Brandon springs into
action to take out the perpetrator. But when his father rescues him
from an ambush, Brandon realizes he's a pawn being played by his
superiors to draw out the killer. It's up to the two men, bound by
blood, to bring an end to the carnage.
The
highlight of film is ironically its opening scene, where the killer
takes out Nestor Seranno on a rooftop engaged in a heated
conversation. Across the way, he has a sniper rifle cleverly rigged
to his cell phone to shoot. Playing coy with Seranno (when playing
on his cell phone with the rigged weapon) he casually states that he
is texting his daughter. Enter a little background story on the
killer and BOOM! The gun goes off.
Though
after that great opening, the film gains an overall direct to video
feel and it's hard to not think that Tom Berenger is doing a bad
Mickey Rourke impression for the entire film. Some of the
cinematography isn't bad but scenes that take place on sea are very
handheld and amateurish and at some points nauseating. With more
star power and a better music supervisor this film could have been a
lot more entertaining.
Sound
and picture on the disc are standard for the DVD format with an
aspect ratio of 1.78:1 on the image and a standard lossy Dolby
Digital 5.1 track for the audio. There are several audio tracks on
the disc including English, French (PAR), Portuguese, Spanish, and
Thai all mastered in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
There
are no extras on the disc aside from Previews of other
releases that you are forced to watch when you pop the disc in
anyways.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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