What is Shooter about?
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president.
An expert marksman, coaxed from exile, uncovers a relentless, gritty plot to assassinate the president.
Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Tubi (free).
Shooter parents guide
Heads up on moderate sex and nudity, and brutal violence. That is past what the TV-14 on the box suggests. Beyond that, some strong language and a few tense moments.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the violence, and sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Shooter scary?
- Only a little. Shooter has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Shooter?
- Light gore and brutal violence.
- What is Shooter rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, some strong language, and brutal violence. Your call for older kids.
Cast and crew
Created byJohn Hlavin
StarringRyan Phillippe, Shantel VanSanten, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Omar Epps, Jesse Bradford
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