As East Coast Don mentioned in his review of Hunter’s latest, “I, Sniper,” this is the first in a series of six books about Bob Lee Swagger, sniper extraordinaire. “Point of Impact” which was written in 1992, is also the basis for the 2007 movie Shooter with Mark Wahlberg. For the movie, although many changes were made from Hunter’s original story, both the book and the movie were worthwhile – great shoot-em-ups and great mysteries. I won’t detail the story other than to say Hunter knows what he is doing. Obviously, the character development in the book is so much better. ECD is right that Wahlberg is too young, at least for the story that Hunter wrote, but the changes in the screenplay adapt that very nicely. Rather than focus on Vietnam Era stuff, as occurs in the book which allows for 20 years of development before the action of this book begins, the movie starts from a more recent point. With Wahlberg being younger, that allows his love interest to be young, hot, lovely – a substitute that I found to be entirely acceptable. Having seen the movie will not ruin this book for you, although some of the final scenes do get extrapolated directly from the book. I welcome Hunter to our power rotation in the genre.
West Coast Don
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