Sniper: la fine dell'assassino

'Assassin's End' once again brings the estranged father and son team together, but it's tired. By no means the worst of the series, it still rocks a one note conspiracy storyline. So you get bursts of action as the #1 priority becomes the cliche "get to the bottom of things, find out who's responsible" yarn.

A high-profile trade agreement and the foreign face gets assassinated. Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) is set up, evidence is planted and on the run he goes. Trying to avoid CIA agents who think he's responsible and an assortment of mercs trying to close off the loose end. A Yukuza hitman / sniper is also dispatched to finish him as well. So he turns to the only person he can trust - his dad.

'Assassin's End' introduced Lady Death (Sayaka Akimoto) & Homeland Security Agent Zero (Ryan Robbins) who would be featured in the next two sequels. Unlike other entries in the series that have good replay value, I won't be rewatching this any time soon. Another appearance from legendary Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) can't save this one from being kind of a bore as it goes thru the motions on the way to a unsatisfying finale.

I felt like I was re-watching the movie Shooter for the most part. No innovation, no suspense, no real intrigue, no surprises...Not talking bout the acting and the dialogues as there was really nothing noteworthy on this front as well. Just a n average random movie to watch when one has 90 minutes to kill.

This film was pretty good. I've only seen one other movie in the franchise so far. But from what I've seen they are also pretty entertaining. The character of yuki introduced here I liked very much and feel she could have her own spin off in the future. Aside from this the main two actors were good as always and altogether if your a fan of the series or just like action films in general then you are going to like this one.

Story is well but presentation is average though it would have many chances to make interesting movie. However it not bad too, once time watchable. Some sequences like fight Between Beckett and Lady Death and investigation by Mr. Zero are interesting. Michael Jonson impressed us with his height and deadly grip (Remember me 'Billa' (Manik Irani) in Bollywood) . Last snipping scene by father of Beckett is with full of thrill. Watch at once with not much expectations then you will enjoy this thrilling ride of spy drama.

Directing by Kaare Andrews was adequate - for a B-grade film, but camera shots during the action scenes weren't good. Directing his cast was also an issue - his inexperience apparent. The writing by newb Oliver Thompson was terrible, even for an amateur. Lame cliched dialogue, dumbed down extended scenes, with plot and technical issues. Had this been edited properly - trimmed/cut out around 10-15 min off the poorly paced 90 min runtime, most of the writing issues wouldn't be as apparent. So not entirely Thompson's fault for the final product. The score was actually fitting and not as overbearing and loud you'd expect in a B-grade film. Although we've seen many films like this, for a B-grade film put together by inexperienced filmmakers, this one held my attention and was enjoyable for the most part - especially the first third of the film. It's a very generous 6/10 from me.