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What's the word on this new movie starring Mark Wahlberg?

The movie is based on Stephen Hunter's "Point of Impact," which was the first book of a triology. I loved those books. Perfect light reading fare.

 

I like Hunter's books a lot also. Although the movie, from the previews I saw, looks like it's just trying to ape the Bourne films.

 

I found a Baltimore Sun interview with Hunter where he said he was very pleased with how the movie turned out. That's probably enough to entice me into seeing the movie.

 

I thought the Bourne movie series was excellent. This doesn't look like it comes anywhere near that caliber.

 

I'm a Marky Mark fan (Three Kings, The Departed, The Perfrct Storm, Good Vibrations, Wild Side) and I enjoyed this book, so I'll probably see it at some point.

 

I liked the Stephen Hunter books, but Mark Wahlberg seems miscast as Bob Lee Swagger. I pictured that guy as being older, and well...more of a redneck. I don't mean that in a deragatory or racist way.

 

You rang?

 

I thought we were gonna run the old picket fence on 'em.

 

That was my first thought as well. Reading the books, I pictured somebody like Billy Bob Thornton in the role.

 

Good call.

 

With writing_irish in a cameo role as an elevator operator.