A Major Disappointment

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Netflix subscribers often overlook one of the best perks for having subscribed to their monthly movie streaming library that being, the ability to access & screen prospective movies of interest without being charged a (per movie) fee, and for men w the remote-control in hand, fast- forward boring sections or toggle over to another flick altogether Btw, the IMDb database denotes that Sniper: Special Ops is 1.24 hours long, which then means that, during our viewing experience, we fast-forwarded no less than a solid 45 minutes of this movie, {due to elongated scenes, dysfunctional editing, rushed takes, inept continuity, spotty acting... And, all-the-while, movie investors/promoters overtly mislead Seagal fans & prospective movie goers that Steven Seagal has a major on screen-role, when in actuality, Seagal's role is considered to be less on screen time than most cameo roles What is frustratingly sad is the realization that this, 'straight to DVD' movie did not have be be 'called in' from the cheap seats, just to get a 'Seagal Product' in the pipeline. Case-in-point, 6 very short months later, after the release of Sniper: Special Ops, Seagal's team released, 'Contract To Kill' in December (same year) & it was exceptionally well done, containing much of the same intrinsic magic that gave early Segal moves that 'it' factor'.Don't waste a minute watching Sniper: Special Ops, its 84 minutes that you'll never get back.

What a let down of a movie. Why it's called "Sniper Special OPs" really is beyond me. When a movie has 'Sniper' in its title, it really should be about a sniper who does his job. Firing a total of 2 shots from a sniper rifle does not fit that bill. Just to top it off actors are overweight and to old to be classed as a crack team as 'Special Ops' Never have I ever seen a military team with overweight, bearded men with long hair. Not only did the writers and director lose the plot but so did I. Waiting to see Steven Seagal in action but he was all talk and no action. Well he hardly even spoke, just sat on a chair and stared out a window. Could have been a good movie with a much better director and a younger fitter cast.

.... he waddles like a duck through the movie pretending to be a special forces sniper. Just bad. Just as bad is the reporter who turns out to be a super annoying person with no depth in character. You can tell this movie was low a budget production. Cheap and quick. Boring dialogues, flat characters. $8 million budget? No kidding. Any film school student would have produced a movie 10x better with half the budget. Segal should retire for good and move to Siberia. I wonder why Segal makes movies of this kind. I guess he must be broke and needs the money. He needs a better personal wealth manager. I had huge respect for Segal 20 years ago and followed all his movies, now he's losing it. Sad.

Oh hello you there! Are you another one of the war/sniper movie lovers just like me? Looking for a good movie to fill your time? Maybe to watch with friends or family? Or maybe you are just sitting all by yourself looking for another one of those war movies that made you shake of excitement and yelling to the screen. This movie will most definitely make you both shake and yell. But not in the correct way.First of all, the movie is called Sniper: Special Ops, but where is the sniping? One would expect that a sniper movie would contain more than three sniper shots. Another thing i just can't understand is how a reporter (who all of a sudden became a former marksman right in the middle of the movie without any warning) can shoot more accurate with a handgun than marines can with rifles. Just because you're a marksman it doesn't mean you can hit anything with any weapon. For everyone that has seen a previous war movie the first thing that strikes you is that the actors are way to old to make the characters seem credible, as well as the extreme lack of understanding for basic combat strategy or anything involving combat and war in general. It might seem like director(s) just wrote down the name of every hillbilly in the US who didn't got to join the military in their younger days and just pulled some random names out of a hat when they were looking for actors.There are a lot more things that is wrong with this movie that i could have mentioned, but then i would literally sit here all day and i think the other 1-2 star raters managed to sum it up quite good as well. Don't even bother to read the good ratings, its all nonsense. I think I've seen about every war movie that there is to find, and i can honest to God say that this is the worst movie i've ever seen and the one reason why i bothered to watch all of it was to see how low things would get. The only reason why you would want to watch this movie is if you are standing at the edge of a cliff, in need of that one little extra push to get yourself over the edge. Well.. after seeing this movie I ended up getting pushed all the way from my living room to the edge. Thanks for wasting 84 minutes of my life. Please just don't watch this movie. Ever. Im begging you.