The Sniper

The Sniper (2009)

The Sniper (神鎗手) is an upcoming 2009 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Richie Ren, Edison Chen and Huang Xiaoming, as top snipers for the Hong Kong Police Force. The film was originally set to be released in May 2008, but was delayed due to the Edison Chen photo scandal.

Hi, this is my first time doing this and I have no clue if I am doing this right so go easy on the remarks and criticism. --ThePotShot 05:28, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

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QUESTION: Has this movie been released on DVD yet? I've checked and this film officially has only been screened at film festivals. If not these are Bootleg images and not allowed on IMFDB. We have a Zero Tolerance for bootlegs, being that we have many people who work in the movie industry (myself included) who work on this site. If it has then I hope that you or someone buys the DVD or rents it for some screencaps. Your quality from the torrent stream isn't bad, but that type of data transfer always makes me nervous as to the legality of the image. Illegally distributing movies over streaming video is still bootlegging and IMFDB won't allow any sort of illegal copy to make it's way here. MoviePropMaster2008 18:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC) (Moderator)

I did got the DVD when I was in Hong Kong this past summer but I can't be too certain if it is bootleg or not as it was purchased in a store. The screen shots that were there were from a site and I just removed them, sorry about that. My DVD drive on my PC is busted right now but once I get that fixed, I will get screen shots from the DVD.

The following guns were used in the movie The Sniper

Hand Gun

The following list shows the handguns used by the Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong SDU, and the Triads (not too sure what affiliation the bad guys are).

M10

Smith and Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special

Seen in the hands of OJ before he joined the SDU Sniper unit, OJ's inexperienced rookie partner, Hartman during the rescue scene and the Hong Kong PTU officers during action scenes

P228

Seen in the hands of Hartman Fong (Richie Ren) during the opening stakeout scene. He uses it to save OJ when OJ had trouble trying to deal with several machete wielding Triads.

Sig Sauer P228 - 9mm

M92FS

Beretta 92FS - 9mm

Carried by Er Ge's boss.

P99

Carried by Er Ge (Big Head)(Kai Chi Liu) during the elevator scene, later drops it when shot in the arm by OJ. Hartman also manages to obtain one during the elevator scene.

Walther P99-9mm

GLOCK17

Seen briefly in the hands of Ching during the elevator scene. Surprisingly Ching also demostrates his fast reloading skills when using the Glock 17

Submachine Gun

MP5

Used by the SDU during a hostage situation accidently caused by Hartman Fong who attempted to follow Ching but encountered Er Ge and his boss which the ladder resulted in. It is also used by one of the Hong Kong PTU officers guarding the prison convoy and another officer during the apartment shootout.

MP9

Used by one of Er Ge's henchmen.

Assault Rifle

Micro Galil

Used by Er Ge (Big Head)(Kai Chi Liu) during the rescue scene.

IMI Galil MAR - 5.56x45mm

Shotgun

M870

Seen in the hands of the Hong Kong PTU.

Sniper Rifle

PSG1

you can see this not a PSG1 , the body is G3 and the G3 trigger pack - Doesn't that make it an MSG-90?

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The Sniper PSG1 - 7.62 NATO

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M700AICS

Primary weapon of choice for Shane (Bowie Lam) one of Hartman Fong's SDU Sniper teammates.

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G3SG1

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SVD Dragunov

Ching's (Huang Xiaoming) primary choice of weapon to use as a sniper rifle.

SVD Dragunov-7.62x54mm R

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M82A1

Used as a secondary weapon choice by Ching.