Shooter

Release Date: 1988-09-11

Overview: "Shooter" (a.k.a., Matt Thompson, a.k.a., Gruwald) is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter; and Tracey, an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.

Rating: 5.5 / 10

Cast

Jeffrey Nordling

as Matt Thompson / Grunwald

Noble Willingham

as Rizzo

Kario Salem

as Rene

Helen Hunt

as Tracey

Alan Ruck

as Stork O'Connor