OTT action and amoral humour are the entire point.
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09/14/07
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:8
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
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
1 - 12 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThere are laughs in Owen's loathing of various male affectations but it's ultimately wearyingly crude and calculating.
09/14/07
Top CriticIt is utter nonsense and completely reprehensible morally. But it’s an outrageous amount of fun.
09/14/07
Top CriticA 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 CriticBang, 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 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 CriticA 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 CriticOver-the-top doesn't begin to describe Shoot 'Em Up's set-pieces, most of which are undeniably entertaining.
09/07/07
Top CriticShoot 'em Up will become, I suspect, some kind of legend in the murky depths of extreme action.
09/07/07
Top CriticShoot 'Em Up is a witless, soulless, heartless movie that mistakes noise for bravura and tastelessness for wit.
09/07/07
Top CriticAnyone looking for subtlety, character development or layered plotting will be disappointed, but action fans will find plenty to amuse them.
08/22/07
Top CriticGood taste is the first fatality in this gonzo thrill-seeker, sure to offend mainstream dispositions, yet too stylistically audacious to dismiss outright.
07/31/07
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