Help! Movie memory is making me crazy and it won’t leave me alone.
I caught a film on cable in the late 90’s.
I really want to see it again, but can’t remember the title.
Private jet is landing on a metropolitan air strip. When the door opens the plane is met with a security detail to protect the occupant.
Meanwhile, across town, a sniper is setting up on a rooftop. VERY long distance shot (maybe over a mile). I think he mounts the high-powered rifle to the roof by the tripod and lines up the shot.
Back to the plane (shown through the the sniper’s scope) we see the target pause on the step of the jet, and the gun goes off lined up for a head shot.
The camera chases the bullet to the target just as another security guard steps behind the target (only two steps higher). The bullet kills the target and the man behind him and blows a hole in the opposite side of the plane. All of this is seen through the sniper’s scope.
A (Latin American?) security guard near the plane turns in the direction of the shot (when the sound finally arrives) and starts running (grabbing busses and garbage trucks as transport) trying to get to the building he’s visually identified as the probable shooter’s nest.
I’ve been trying to find this movie for years. It’s like an itch you can’t reach. Please help me.