I've enjoyed pretty much all the Sniper movies to date. Even the more recent, cheaper, revival entries, featuring Beckett's son instead of him. I always have fun with them, and as far as Direct-to-Video action sequels go they're pretty much my favorite and I always look forward to the next mission we get to see. Unfortunately, Ghost Shooter, the 6th installment in this series, was a huge let down. The script is all over the place and messy as hell, jumping around from scene to scene with hardly any direction as to where it's going, the main bad guy is essentially some faceless, nameless random, the characters are all barely even so much as cardboard cutouts, never letting us get to know them and worse, even the returning characters have 0 personality and are just mere shadows of their characters from the previous movies.

On the slight plus side, Billy Zane is once again back (though given criminally next to nothing to do, and not even any good lines of dialogue like in Part 4: Reloaded), and the action is pretty engaging at times, especially during one decently-suspenseful scene mid-way through at a lodge in the snow.

That's pretty much it though. It's hard to believe that the same guy who directed this letdown also directed the previous entry, Sniper: Legacy (which was one of my favorites in the series), as well as Tremors 5: Bloodlines, Lake Placid 4: The Final Chapter, and Jarhead 2: Field of Fire, all various other Direct-to-Video sequels I've adored.

I may be in the minority here but I have to say of all the _Sniper_ franchise to date (this makes the 6th, to date) this has been my favorite and, IMO, the best one. I enjoyed the original but have to say that, as storylines go, this one felt more "complete", like an actual script had been written, completed, and followed through by the entire cast and crew. While I wasn't a fan of Billy Zane - and sort of cringed when I saw his name in top billing for this one - I have to say he pulled off his role very well here. What I enjoyed above all about this particular film was the actual sniper action that was involved. More than just a title with maybe one scene that involved a kill shot, _Ghost Shooter_ actually involved a number of different snipers pulling off a number of different shots. Plenty of action here, if you're hoping for that. I suppose the one "minus" I have to give this was the way the movie sort of "fizzled" near the end; again, just my opinion, but I felt like the closing scenes were pretty lame, as if they weren't sure how to tie everything off. All that being said, though, I stick to my opinion that - so far - this has been the best of all of them. I missed Tom Berenger (kept hoping he would make a showing somewhere) but even without him, this was a good film and definitely worth a watch.