10 Best Sniper Scenes In Film
7. Phone Booth
Phone Booth is an interesting experiment. How much can the tension be ramped up in a single, tight location? It actually achieves this very well throughout most of the film, carried by a fantastic, often overlooked performance by Colin Farrell.
Phone Booth is interestingly often shown through the scope, so although we sympathise with Colin Farrell's character as the narrative unfolds, it feels as though we are the ones watching him; ramping up the tension ourselves. The tension hits fever pitch when a pimp called Leon puts himself in the situation, unknowingly getting involved in much more than he thought.
The audience knows how much danger Leon is actually in, but he keeps taking it further and further until he forces the snipers hand. Phone Booth balances sympathy and unravelling character flaws very well, and although Leon is quite an unsavoury character, the tension lies firm in knowing that he does not deserve what is so inevitably coming.