Shooter is about a marksman.
Marksman . Four levels of skill are generally recognized today in both military and civilian shooting circles : unqualified , marksman , sharpshooter , and expert . Shooter (1988 film) . Instead NBC aired the pilot as a TV movie of the week.The film is based on the book `` Shooter '' by and about Pulitzer Prize -- winning photographer David Hume Kennerly . Shooter (2007 film) . The film follows Force Recon veteran Bob Lee Swagger ( Mark Wahlberg ) , who is framed for murder by a rogue secret private military company unit . Shooter (TV series) . The show stars Ryan Phillippe in the lead role of Bob Lee Swagger an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president .