Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2025)
Genre: Action | War | Thriller
Runtime: 1h 52min
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Scott Adkins, Jessica McNamee, Michael Jai White, Tom Berenger
In the shadows of a global arms conflict, a legendary sniper codenamed “Ghost” returns from exile when a rogue military unit begins assassinating political leaders and blaming the West. As NATO scrambles for answers, Ghost must uncover the truth behind a faceless enemy and face his own past in a mission where one bullet can ignite a world war.
Opening Scene:
The camera opens on a cold, windswept plateau in Kyrgyzstan, where a convoy of UN diplomats is traveling along a narrow mountain road. A single shot rings out. Then another. Within seconds, all vehicles are halted. The diplomats are dead. A ghostly signature is left behind: a bullet engraved with a wolf symbol.
This is the work of a phantom killer—unknown, untraceable, and lethal. NATO intelligence brands the assassin “Ghost Shooter.”
But the truth is more complicated
Jake Chandler (Scott Adkins), a decorated sniper who vanished after a failed mission in Syria, is living off the grid in the mountains of Montana. Haunted by betrayal and the death of his spotter, he has vowed never to pick up a rifle again.
Until now.
Colonel Sarah Beckett (Jessica McNamee), an old colleague and rising star in NATO Intelligence, visits Jake with a message: “He’s using your name, your tactics, and your legend. People are dying. We need the real Ghost.”
Reluctantly, Jake agrees to return for one final mission—track the imposter, stop the assassinations, and clear his name.
The trail leads Jake and his new spotter, a tech-savvy rookie named Leon Cruz, into Eastern Europe, where political instability is boiling over. Surveillance drones, encrypted comms, and private military contractors cloud every movement.
Their first encounter with the impostor comes during a sting operation in Bucharest. The Ghost Shooter strikes again—taking out a target from 1.6 kilometers away while leaving Jake in his crosshairs... but choosing not to kill him.
Jake realizes something: the shooter is not just copying him—he knows him.
Back at the NATO safehouse, intelligence reveals a shocking connection: the Ghost Shooter is Tyler Rook, Jake’s former spotter, who was presumed KIA in Syria.
But Tyler didn’t die. He was captured, tortured, and turned by a secret coalition of rogue generals and arms dealers seeking to destabilize Europe and shift global power.
Jake and Leon follow the trail to a covert weapons summit in Moldova, where warlords are bidding on an AI-guided sniper system. Tyler, now working under the alias “Wolf,” is not just a hired gun—he’s leading the operation.
Jake manages to intercept a meeting, confronting Tyler alone in a cathedral under renovation. The confrontation is emotionally charged.
Jake: “You were a brother.”
Tyler: “And you left me behind.”
Jake: “I buried you with my own hands.”
Tyler: “No. You buried your guilt. I’m what you made me.”
Their standoff ends in a gunfight, but Tyler escapes, leaving behind a message: “One last shot. The capital. Midnight.”
Final Act: The Ghost Duel
The final showdown is set in Vilnius, Lithuania, where a G20 Summit is underway. Tyler plans to assassinate the president of a neutral nation to trigger global conflict. Jake and Leon position themselves on opposite rooftops—an old-school sniper duel against a former brother-in-arms.
The clock is ticking. The world watches. One shot will decide the future.
Tyler has the high ground. Better tech. Inside information.
But Jake has something more powerful: instinct, patience, and redemption.
In a masterfully tense sniper sequence, Jake anticipates Tyler’s angle and sends a shot that disarms him—without killing him.
As NATO forces rush in, Jake approaches the wounded Tyler.
Jake: “This ends now.”
Tyler: “It already ended back in Syria.”
Tyler pulls a detonator. But nothing happens—Leon had already hacked the signal.
Tyler is taken into custody. Jake is offered reinstatement but refuses. “I’m not a soldier anymore,” he says. “I’m a memory.”
Leon is promoted. Colonel Beckett offers Jake a job in training future snipers. He walks away into the mist of dawn, finally at peace.
In the final scene, a new sniper rifle is locked in a NATO vault.
Engraved on it: “Ghost Shooter: One Shot. One Truth.”
