The long-running Sniper franchise is heading back to Netflix. Sniper: No Nation, the twelfth installment in the direct-to-video action series, is set to make its US streaming debut on Netflix on July 22, according to What’s on Netflix, arriving after an earlier digital and DVD release this past spring.
The film’s Netflix run is tied to Sony’s Pay-1 licensing deal with the streamer, the same agreement responsible for bringing major theatrical titles as well as Sony’s direct-to-video slate to the platform. Under the terms of that arrangement, Sony titles typically remain on Netflix for 18 months, meaning Sniper: No Nation is expected to stay in the library through January 2028. It marks the fourth Sniper film Netflix has picked up this way, following Sniper: Rogue Mission, Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response Intelligence Team, and 2025’s Sniper: The Last Stand.
Directed by Trevor Calverley, the film continues the story of Brandon Beckett, played once again by Chad Michael Collins, who’s anchored the franchise since 2011’s Sniper: Reloaded. As MovieWeb describes it, Collins returns alongside Tom Berenger as his father, legendary sniper Thomas Beckett, with Ryan Robbins back as Agent Zero and Josh Brener rounding out the cast.
The plot finds Brandon branded a terrorist and disavowed by his own government, forcing him off the grid and into an off-the-books rescue mission after his fellow soldiers are captured and scheduled for execution. Per a synopsis distributed to streaming platforms and cited by TV Guide, Brandon and his father must confront a mercenary army known as the Iron Legion while evading capture themselves, with no backup and no support from the country that turned on them.
Now 33 years and 12 films deep, the franchise traces back to the original 1993 Sniper, starring Berenger, and has since expanded through a mix of theatrical, direct-to-video, and streaming-era entries, according to background compiled on Wikipedia. Reviews for the newest installment have been largely positive by the series’ standards. Rotten Tomatoes features a review calling the film one of the franchise’s stronger entries, praising its mix of practical action and political commentary.
Fans have also responded warmly to the shift in tone. Genre outlet Bulletproof Action noted that the film leans further into hand-to-hand, close-quarters combat than recent entries, while dialing back some of the series’ trademark humor to keep the stakes feeling real for its two leads.
With Sniper: No Nation joining Netflix’s US library on July 22, subscribers will be able to stream the film without needing to rent or purchase it digitally, as had been required since its spring home release.
