spoiler the film sniper be undoubtedly base on the exploit of legendary u marine sniper carlos gunny hathcock . the unassuming soft speak mister rogers look alike who run up a score of as much a 300 confirmed and unconfirmed vietcong and north vietnamese military kill during his two tour in nam . which show just how deadly and effective a trained military sniper really be . tom berenger be cool clam and deadly a sgt . thomas beckett who at the end of his career a a top u marine sniper but who later in the movie realize that a life a a civilian will be pointless . since there nothing outside for him to do with his skill that he learn in the u marine unless he decide to become a mob hit man . backett reluctantly accept his fate a a lifetime professional killer for his country . the story of the film sniper be focus on sgt . beckett with the assistance of former sharp shooting silver medalist and u government agent richard miller and billy zane and be send deep inside the panamanian jungle . the two sniper be to take out rebel general miguel alveraze and frederick miraglittoa and and colombian drug king pin raul ochoa and carlos alveraze and who support him in a plan a military take over of the country . we see earlier in the movie sgt . beckett scope and take out a rebel leader which i feel be the best scene in sniper . for it show step by step how sgt . beckett with the help of his spotter cpt . papich and aden young and do his job . there also a sub plot that be later abort in the movie about a rebel sniper desilva and eward wiley and who be stalk beckett and who later kill papich a they be both wait to be lift out of the jungle by a military helicopter . you would have think that a deadly cat and mouse be be play out between the two that would culminate when the movie end but sgt . beckett have no trouble at all in dispatch desilva early in the film by use an unsuspecting miller a bait . what hurt the movie the most be ironically the last fifteen or so minute when the story go from a one shot one kill sniper movie to a rambo like end with sgt . beckett and agent miller fight off an entire battalion of rebel with bullet fly as thick a a london fog . sniper be still well worth watch for the fact that it tell the story about a person who until now have not really be glamorize in war movie represent a solitary killer who kill with the precision and skill of a master diamond cutter or accomplish neurosurgeon and who do it in total secrecy .