Parents' Guide to Sniper: The Last Stand

Parents need to know that Sniper: The Last Stand is the 11th installment in the action-adventure Sniper series. This time, Chad Michael Collins' military sniper, Brandon Beckett, is tasked with leading an international team of black ops soldiers to stop a deadly militia. Death, blood, and violence feature often, as the group are drawn into conflicts with arms dealers, corrupt politicians, and other villains. Most deaths are caused by gunfire, although some characters appear to have their central nervous systems fatally affected by a weapon at the center of an arms deal. Another is killed at the end of a fight with bladed weapons by an axe being thrown into their head. Another dies from having a knife being stabbed into their head through their eye. Characters discuss killing as a matter of course, because it is central to their job, but the heroes only kill to save others. While the violence is non-stop, the injury detail looks more CGI than realistic. Swearing features occasionally, with several variants of "f--k," "s--t," and "ass." The cast is international, with females in leading roles and shown on an equal footing in military jobs. The movie's director, Danishka Esterhazy, is also a woman, which remains rare in this genre.

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