I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Everyone has covered all the major military gaffes in this thing and I'm still laughing about an Aircraft Carrier Submarine (wasn't aware the U.S. Navy had such beasts or they let anyone with a Combat Infantry Badge just "borrow" one because he wants to impress the ladies.) But what I'm curious about is where did the tank go? There you had a nice T-80 aka T-72 dependant on what stunt scene was required that seemed to be missing the machine guns to take out non-armoured targets, but here the whole place is blowing up and these guys are all guarding the facility waiting to go up with the nuclear reactor but the tank left? (Guess they ran out of rental money for the tank.) But I have come up with a theory as to who performed what jobs on this production: Continuity: Remember those strippers in the bar in the beginning, one of them was the girlfriend of one of the producers and after she did that scene she only had to show up one day in five to make sure everything was on track, but her boyfriend still paid her.The Military Adviser: This one was tough but rumour has it that it was the pet cat for one of the actors that volunteered because he had been present during a "Rambofest" special that ran one weekend. Well, actually, not volunteered, he got paid with two cans of Tuna.Special Forces Military Adviser: A position filled by an mid-level executive from Eveready batteries who provided the batteries for all those cool white light flashlights that NOBODY could see flashing all over the place in a building at night with HUGE glass windows or NO windows.Oh and by the way, somebody tell me whatever happened to Spetnaz or other Russian special forces? Did the Russians just decide they didn't need them anymore because whenever they needed some special forces they could call on their friends in America to help out? Oh and to the guy that compared the Rangers or Special Forces "acting" in this movie to a group of Cub scouts going on a Snipe hunt. SHAME on you! What a terrible, terrible insult to the Cub scouts. They would have done much much better than that.

This is the kind of movie that gives the "Direct To Video" genre a bad name. Everything about this movie screams "CHEAP!".Modern movie-goers are sophisticated enough to notice things like the same clip being used over and over again to represent something different. They notice it when a Russian MiG and a US Tomcat have the same ejection seat, and the same fire control panel. Plainly put, the production values in this movie reek. Horribly. I'm prepared to lay reality aside somewhat when watching a flick, but this one stretches credulity beyond all reason.Wesley Snipes must have either owed Producer Andrew Stevens a freebie, or he did it to fulfill a contract he just wanted to get out from under. I can think of no other reason for his appearing in this. He could have phoned his performance in.Speaking of Andrew Stevens, his production company has 13 films in release and 2 listed as "In Production" (as of 1/27/09). Of those in release, SEVEN of them went direct to video. Make of that what you will.I gave this a 2 out of 10, and it's only that high because I have a soft spot for Emma Sams.

I was given this film in error when I tried to rent 'Marked for death' from Blockbuster. I can only assume a similar mix up allowed the script to get the go ahead first place. The only (literally the only) good thing I can say about this is that there was some nice lighting in places. Other than that this film was a f*****g abortion. The characters puerile, the dialogue was boring and generic, the plot was ill conceived and unrealistic. I am a big fan of the 'so bad it is good' genre (Death Wish, Commando, Exterminator, that kind of thing) but this does NOT fall into this category. This is just bad in a sense that makes it boring. My advice to you my friends is don't bother, get Marked For Death instead.

...that I would bet does NOT show up on Wesley Snipes' resume. I think he must have owed someone a favor or something. "The Marksman" plays like an inept child's G.I.Joe fantasy, right down to the lack of accurate detail. Bad costuming, unrealistic military action, lots of fiery but totally unbelievable bang-bang, enemy soldiers who can't hit the broad side of a barn, terrible dialogue, wooden performances from one and all, pedestrian cinematography from a career TV DP, shot on-the-cheap in Romania; one can only wonder who greenlighted this thing. Like I said, Wesley must have owed somebody. Maybe Andrew Stevens, who embarrasses himself in a brief cameo role, and was dumb enough to co-produce this turkey. Even Wesley didn't do that! Strictly for the desperate. Glad I got it at the library, that's for sure.