Sniper: Ultimate Kill
2017 film by Claudio Fäh
Sniper: Ultimate Kill is a 2017 American action film directed by Claudio Fäh and starring Chad Michael Collins, Billy Zane, and Tom Berenger. The film is the seventh installment of the Sniper film series and a sequel Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016), and the first to feature both Berenger and Zane since the original movie. It was released direct-to-video on October 3, 2017.
Plot
Colombian drug kingpin Jesús Morales hires a skilled sniper known as "El Diablo" to eliminate all of his enemies, enabling him to gain more control over routes for smuggling drugs into the United States. Kate Estrada, a DEA agent, was sent to Colombia with Master Sergeant Brandon Beckett to stop "El Diablo" and extradite Morales.
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Sequel
A sequel titled Sniper: Assassin's End, was released in 2020.
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