A smattering of great one-liners and a sense of its own ridiculousness make this the movie of the week by a mile.
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09/14/07
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
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Reviews Counted:157
Fresh:105
Rotten:52
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: As preposterous and over-the-top as Shoot 'Em Up may be, its humor and non-stop action make for a very enjoyable film.
Theatrical Release:14-09-2007
Synopsis: For an action film, boasting a body count higher than its IQ isn't always a bad thing. In director and screenwriter Michael Davis's stylish SHOOT ‘EM UP, inventive set pieces, and tongue-in-cheek... [More]
Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Belluci, Stephen McHattie
Director: Michael Davis
Reviews for Shoot 'Em Up
Brit writer/director Michael Davis deserves top marks for his sharp shooting.
09/14/07
The inspired action sequences are brilliantly staged and imaginatively shot, and at 86 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome.
09/14/07
A film that would be odious were it not realised with such verve and gleeful, inventive 'Looney Tunes' audacity, and only a trim 86 minutes long.
09/14/07
Top CriticOTT action and amoral humour are the entire point.
09/14/07
Top CriticBullets through umbilical cords, shootouts during sex and gunfights in gun factories: this is one movie that does exactly what it says on the tin.
09/14/07
Bang, bang you're dead: Clive Owen romps his way through Shoot 'Em Up, an outrageously shoddy, audaciously choreographed exploitation flick that loves the smell of gunpowder in the morning.
09/14/07
Top CriticImpressively directed, frequently silly but nonetheless enjoyable thriller that delivers exactly what the title suggests – 86 minutes of non-stop shoot-'em-up fun.
09/14/07
Thanks to its sneakily subversive tone (the plot, with heavy irony, involves gun control) and grandstand performances, the flashy result mostly hits the target.
09/14/07
A deliberately excessive homage to John Woo.
09/22/07
With a thunderous pace and an outrageous level of violence and mayhem, this film blasts its way onto the screen, as the title suggests, dragging its reluctant hero into a series of increasingly ludicrous set pieces.
09/12/07
A depraved B(ullet) ovie that may not quite be John Woo’s wet dream, but which is good enough to make the maestro shift uncomfortably in his sleep.
09/11/07
Top CriticA bold, brash blast of a movie that will fade from memory like a puff of gunsmoke but still has the cordite whiff of a future cult hit about it for the leathered-at-2am crowd. Just don’t expect plot or much depth.
09/14/07
It is utter nonsense and completely reprehensible morally. But it’s an outrageous amount of fun.
09/14/07
Top CriticThis is seedy, morally defunct, low-IQ cinema for airheads: it’s toe-curlingly violent and mostly plain nasty, but quite fun in a debauched kind of way.
09/14/07
Top CriticIt pokes fun at the American obsessions of guns, breasts and violence, says the producer. But can we have a proper storyline next time round, Mr Davis?
09/14/07
The film is so fast it is over almost before it begins and so empty-headed it demands little but your inertia. On the way there are moments of weird charm, conjured by the movie’s velocity.
09/14/07
There are laughs in Owen's loathing of various male affectations but it's ultimately wearyingly crude and calculating.
09/14/07
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09/08/07
While it's easy to curse Hollywood after watching this film with grumbling words like 'ridiculous,' 'oh, come on!' and 'utterly unrealistic,' remember: director Michael Davis clearly wasn't trying to be realistic.
09/21/07
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