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
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A deliberately excessive homage to John Woo. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Impressively directed, frequently silly but nonetheless enjoyable thriller that delivers exactly what the title suggests – 86 minutes of non-stop shoot-'em-up fun. Full Review |
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It 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? Full Review |
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Thanks to its sneakily subversive tone (the plot, with heavy irony, involves gun control) and grandstand performances, the flashy result mostly hits the target. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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OTT action and amoral humour are the entire point. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Brit writer/director Michael Davis deserves top marks for his sharp shooting. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There are laughs in Owen's loathing of various male affectations but it's ultimately wearyingly crude and calculating. Full Review |
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A smattering of great one-liners and a sense of its own ridiculousness make this the movie of the week by a mile. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It is utter nonsense and completely reprehensible morally. But it’s an outrageous amount of fun. Full Review |
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The inspired action sequences are brilliantly staged and imaginatively shot, and at 86 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A 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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2/6 |
This 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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Bullets through umbilical cords, shootouts during sex and gunfights in gun factories: this is one movie that does exactly what it says on the tin. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
By the final reel, Shoot 'Em Up's fuse manages to peter out without ever really igniting. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Shoot 'Em Up
September 08, 2008:
Shoot 'Em Up, Bollywood Style 
American audiences may have slept on "Shoot 'Em Up," but its charms were apparently not lost on the makers of what appears to be a Bollywood remake of the Clive Owen-led action... More...
October 14, 2007:
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September 16, 2007:
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For the second straight weekend, a star-driven action drama aimed at adult audiences opened at number one with $14M in ticket sales from roughly 2,700 theaters. This time it was... More...
September 10, 2007:
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