Tense Moments Explore Inside the Scope of ‘The Sniper’

“The Sniper”

Rating: 8/10

Director: Dastan Khalili

Writer: Chris Calzia

Style: Short Drama

Time: 20 minutes

Johanna Watts plays a woman too obsessed with her job

Review by Mike Szymanski

Ever have a bad day at work? You know, when you bring work home with you and you can’t escape the anxiety of it.

Now, what if you were a sniper?

This brilliant metaphor of work-stress anxiety explores how all of us obsess too much with our jobs, and how that can eat away at you and your normal life.

In this case, a female sniper, who spent two decades seeing her victims through the scope of her rifle, is trying to step back into normalcy once again. It seems like impossible odds, knowing that meds haven’t helped, and her therapist even makes home visits.

Johanna Watts (recognizable from “Bullet Train” and “Star Trek: Enterprise”) plays Reagan, the tortured soul who is hearing a lone voice telling her that her sniper days are not over. She trains her gun on people walking the streets, and she creates…