Shooter (2007) corrections

Close to the end the movie, when the helicopter Danny Glover is in is approaching, we see a reflection in its high gloss paint: mountains, snow, rocks. When it lands, the paint is matte blue, no reflection. We would have seen the camera crew easily if it had still been glossy. See more...

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Shooter (2007) - 10 corrections

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Danny Glover, Mark Wahlberg (add more)

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If you watch the scene on the snowcapped mountains where the two helicopters land, and pay close attention to the location of each sniper, you'll see that there is no possible way each sniper could assume his position without the others seeing them: the whole shootout would have occured long before the helicopters landed. [All of the snipers are on the same side, and to take out Swagger. Swagger waits to take them out until the helicopter lands to show the others that he can take out such long targets, as well as to scare them.]

In the scene at Wahlberg's home in the mountains, Glover throws him a medal in a case and asks if he knows what it is. Wahlberg answers, "The Congressional Medal of Honor." This is incorrect. It is simply the Medal of Honor. [Up until fairly recently, the medal's official name was indeed The Congressional Medal of Honor. It is only recently that the name has been changed, but the old name is still often used in daily speech. In fact, the name of the official society for recipients is still "The Congressional Medal of Honor Society". See http://www.cmohs.org/medal.htm .]

Corrected by Twotall Time

In the beginning when Swagger's partner fires the M203 grenade launcher at one of the trucks, he was about 900 yards or more away from them. An actual M203 grenade launcher can only fire up to 500 yards. [Yes a M203 grenade launcher has a range of 500 yards, but combination of fire angle (approx. 45 degrees)and elevation (probably 200')will increase range.]

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As mentioned in a DVD feature, the film portrayed bullet trajectory as a straight line. This is inaccurate due to gravity. If the snipers within the movie were to realistically shoot the targets at such a long distance, they would need to aim upwards and shoot in an arc. The trajectory was done straight to save from the (complex) explanation of the physics, and ultimately, to save the gory simulation of an actual hit with an arc trajectory. [The scene that portrayed the shot on the target during the assassination was in fact innaccurate to avoid excessive gore. The scenes showing the crosshairs were factual, however. When shooting at long range, a sniper will adjust the scope for windage (left/right) and elevation (up/down)based on the bullet, range, and environmental factors to cause the crosshairs to be situated exactly where they need to aim. Therefore, though the line of sight is directly at the target, the bore of the gun is pointed up to compensate for the drop of the bullet. An example of this concept can be given with a .308 shooting a 208 grain projectile with a ballistic coefficient of .6 and muzzle velocity of 2600 fps, 300 yard zero and 5 mph crosswind. At 1,000 yards, the shooter would have to adjust the scope nearly 30 minutes of angle or hold the crosshairs over the target nearly 300 inches or 25 feet. Likewise, the wind drift would be about 39 inches or the shooter could adjust the scope about 1.9 minutes of angle. Adjusting the scope is by far easier. Keep in mind that the gun used in the movie is not a .308, but a .408 Chey Tac.]

in the scene where Wahlberg delivers his recon report to the secret service agents on the likely assassination locations, there is a huge flag hanging in the airplane hangar. It is behind him as he leaves after delivering his report. The flag is hung backwards - - would never happen in a real government location. American flags are always hung with the blue union section in the upper left to a viewer. [The flag is hung so that the union is in a relative position to other things or directions, not so it is automatically to the left of the viewer. For instance, on a street that runs north and south the union must be to the east. So, if you're heading north the union would be to your right. It would only be to your left if you were traveling south. The flag isn't hung incorrectly in this scene, we're just seeing it from an unusual angle.]

Corrected by Phixius

Right after Swagger's friend is killed by the helicopter we see him revealing his M82A1 sniper rifle. After every shot he makes Swagger is reloading the rifle by cocking it, but his rifle is semi-automatic and doesn't need to reload after every round fired. [The rifle was not the barret m82 semi-auto. it is in fact a chey-tac .408 long range interdiction rifle. this rifle is a bolt action sniper system and is the same rifle shown in the stew can shot and again in the fbi meeting in which he proves that the rifle cannot fire thus proving his innocense in the assasination.]

In the scene where the gunny walks into a room he has rented and after buying things to patch himself up, notice the gunshot wound that was on his right shoulder is now on his left, then in the next scene it is back on his right shoulder again. [Look again - he walks into the room and he sees his reflection in the mirror/glass - that's why it looks like it was his left shoulder.]

When Walhberg is on his cell phone at his cabin talking about leaving for a few days and having his dog fed, it's already been established he is living up in the mountains in an extreme remote area. How is his cell phone getting any signal? [Take a look at http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/ - wireless coverage is pretty ubiquitous, even in remote, mountainous areas. Plus, judging by the timeline of Presidents and some of the computer technology, this story takes place a few years in the future, so wireless coverage could have expanded even more. If he built the cabin himself, he'd probably choose an area with reliable cell coverage so he could stay connected.]

When Gunny cuts through the back seat of the FBI cruiser and pulls out the medic bag he grabs the quick clot and uses it. He has been in the mountains for 36 months as stated on screen so how did he know about quick clot and how to use it. I am a medic in the military and we have just recently (within the last 6 months) been trained on and issued quick clot. Quick clot is very dangerous if not used properly and CAN do more harm than good. [Apparently he just got lucky. He was really out of options and did not have very much choice either use the quick clot that he found (the name describes it enough for anybody to know what its for) or bleed to death. He made a snap decision and it ended up paying off and being correct. Also he was using the internet at his cabin on his laptop. Who is to say he did not research the quick clot on military pages while surfing since he is into stuff like that.]

Corrected by Spaceboy_007

In the scene on the mountain top, Sarah Fenn picks up the senator's Beretta and shoots the already wounded FBI agent. She fires around 5 shots and then you see the slide lock back. However the Beretta would typically have 15 round per magazine. Even the magazines during the ban would have had 10 rounds. [There might have been just five rounds in the magazine when she took it. How could you possibly know that wasn't the case?]

Corrected by Andreas Winnberg

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