With Wahlberg, ‘Shooter’ scores

There’s a new sheriff in town. But instead of applying justice to the cattle rustlers or roving marauders in the Old West, this lone rangermeans to bring down the corrupt politicians and mercenary government “contractors” of the military-industrial complex in the New Millennium.

With a shamelessly — and scrumptiously! — macho Mark Wahlberg as the vigilante “Shooter,” appropriately named Bob Swagger, this excitingly wrought if way over-the-top conspiracy thriller takes on some resonance by aiming at the perfect villains for this time of botched policies and greedy power brokers.