Shooter

Shooter (2007)

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Other mistake: When Michael Pena is looking at the photo of Swagger after winning the Wimbledon Cup, it identified Swagger as "Sgt Major Bob Lee Swagger, USMC, from Gillette, WY." Two things are wrong: (1) Swagger is wearing civvies, if he's in the Corps, he should be wearing his uniform; and, (2) Swagger is supposed to be a Gunnery Sgt, not a Sgt Major. (00:44:20)

Character mistake: At his cabin, Swagger asks if the Suburban has the big engine, the 8 liter. There's no 8 liter engine option for a Suburban.

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Suggested correction: Not in 2007 (when the movie was released) but the 2006 range included an 8.1 L / 320 BHP engine. (This is only a valid correction if that truck was a 2006 model. Can anyone comment?).

Character mistake: Mark Wahlberg is asking to take a pic of the engine in the Suburban near the beginning of the film. He asks if this if this is the new 8.0L when in fact this is actually a half ton Suburban which was only equipped with a 5.3L.

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when Mark Wahlberg shoots a driver, a bit of blood splatters onto the rear windshield of the car he's driving. But in the very next shot, there's much more blood.

MikeH

Factual error: In the assassination scene, it is shown that the Russian sniper used the Barrett M82A1 in the .60 BMG. There is no .60 BMG. Barrett M82A1 is .50 BMG.

Other mistake: When Swagger shoots a driver through the windshield in the opening scenes, there is no hole in the windshield.

Movie Medic

Factual error: When Swagger is shot, he uses Quick clot on himself. You do not open Quick clot with your mouth - if even a small amount of it gets in your mouth it will cause a very large amount of pain, and a massive case of cotton mouth. Also, you do not use it on anything other than the arms, or legs. Putting it on your stomach, or upper chest could cause even worse problems if it were to get anywhere near your lungs, or your stomach.

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Suggested correction: Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Revealing mistake: When Swagger is on the mountain and looking though his scope at the guy with the shotgun, the audience is shown what Swagger sees though his scope. However, the pictures we see does not match that very telescopic view Swagger would see at that distance but instead something shot with a relatively wide angle lens at close distance.

Andreas Winnberg

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Trivia: When Swagger is recuperating from the makeshift operation, it's shown that he has a third nipple below the left nipple.

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Question: In the scene where Swagger and Memphis go to talk to the old man, why does the old man look at their hands? What is he looking for?

Answer: He's looking for callouses on the hands. Professional snipers end up getting hard skin inbetween the webbed part of the skin between the thumb and forefinger because of constant rubbing on the trigger guard. By checking the hands, he could tell whether or not he was talking to a proper sniper, and in particular Swagger.

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The webbing between the thumb and forefinger would rub on the stock or grip not the trigger guard.

Answer: Just to see if he's a working man with rough hands. Shooters get bad callouses on elbows, not so much hands.

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