The Marksman
Encyclopedia
The Marksman is a 2005
action
-adventure
film
directed by Marcus Adams
and starring Wesley Snipes
, William Hope
, Emma Samms
and Tim Abell
.
rebels that have taken over a to-be-decommissioned nuclear power plant
from using it as a dirty bomb
. Their mission is made all the more delicate by intelligence indicating a group of American specialists had been taken hostage within the nuclear power plant compound and that they must complete their mission before the rebels can reactivate the core of the remaining reactor. Finishing the mission with ease, rescuing two hostages and reaching the evacuation zone the team prepares to move out. Snipes, having been detained when placing the beacon inside the reactor realises that his mission was far too easy and it may be compromised.
What ensues is a thrilling backtrack into enemy territory to find the truth and paint the real targets this time round.
The film was a direct-to-DVD movie. In the first week The Marksman opened at #11 at rentals chart and earned $1.36 million.
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
action
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
-adventure
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Marcus Adams
Marcus Adams
Marcus Adams is a British film director. Marcus has produced successful music videos, award-winning advertisements and complete feature films....
and starring Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who has starred in numerous action films, thrillers, and dramatic feature films. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, among various other high profile roles...
, William Hope
William Hope (actor)
William "Bill" Hope is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Career:Most of Hope's stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England....
, Emma Samms
Emma Samms
Emma Samms is a British television actress best known for her role as Holly Sutton on the American daytime soap opera General Hospital and for replacing Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon Carrington Colby on the primetime soap opera Dynasty.-Early life:Samms was born in Willesden, London, England, the...
and Tim Abell
Tim Abell
Timothy Shawn "Tim" Abell is an American film and television actor.-Early Life:The youngest of three children, Tim came from the Maryland and Virginia area, where summers were spent fishing on the Chesapeake for striped bass, blue fish, blue crabs and oysters in his father's fifty-year-old 47-foot...
.
Plot
Snipes plays a marksman (target painter) who is sent as a specialist (accompanied by an assault team) to stop ChechenChechen people
Chechens constitute the largest native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region. They refer to themselves as Noxçi . Also known as Sadiks , Gargareans, Malkhs...
rebels that have taken over a to-be-decommissioned nuclear power plant
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
from using it as a dirty bomb
Dirty bomb
A dirty bomb is a speculative radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. The purpose of the weapon is to contaminate the area around the explosion with radioactive material, hence the attribute "dirty"....
. Their mission is made all the more delicate by intelligence indicating a group of American specialists had been taken hostage within the nuclear power plant compound and that they must complete their mission before the rebels can reactivate the core of the remaining reactor. Finishing the mission with ease, rescuing two hostages and reaching the evacuation zone the team prepares to move out. Snipes, having been detained when placing the beacon inside the reactor realises that his mission was far too easy and it may be compromised.
What ensues is a thrilling backtrack into enemy territory to find the truth and paint the real targets this time round.
Cast
- Wesley SnipesWesley SnipesWesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who has starred in numerous action films, thrillers, and dramatic feature films. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, among various other high profile roles...
as Painter - Emma SammsEmma SammsEmma Samms is a British television actress best known for her role as Holly Sutton on the American daytime soap opera General Hospital and for replacing Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon Carrington Colby on the primetime soap opera Dynasty.-Early life:Samms was born in Willesden, London, England, the...
as Amanda Jacks - William HopeWilliam Hope (actor)William "Bill" Hope is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actor.-Career:Most of Hope's stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England....
as Johnathan Tensor - Anthony Warren as Capt. Naish
- Tim AbellTim AbellTimothy Shawn "Tim" Abell is an American film and television actor.-Early Life:The youngest of three children, Tim came from the Maryland and Virginia area, where summers were spent fishing on the Chesapeake for striped bass, blue fish, blue crabs and oysters in his father's fifty-year-old 47-foot...
as Lt. Carter (uncredited)
Reception
This film generally garnered a very poor rating although receiving an average rating of 3.8/10 stars on IMDb. The general consensus of the reviews offered is that the film is let down by the poor re-use of scenes barely seconds apart and the terrible acting grade by the actors. There is also a general tendency to call this film comical as its entire premise is played out to be stereotypically ridiculous and over the top action and situation wise.The film was a direct-to-DVD movie. In the first week The Marksman opened at #11 at rentals chart and earned $1.36 million.