Viscerally exciting, but without a brain in its head...like an outstanding ten-minute audition reel repeated nine times.
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09/06/07
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
If you're impressed by the way Owen takes out bad guys while holding an infant, wait until you see how he manages mid-climax (yes, I mean that sort of climax).
09/06/07
This hyperkinetic, ultra-violent, guns-a-blazin' actioner from writer-director Michael Davis can be accused of many things - stupidity, misogyny, the death of American film as we know it - but false advertising is not one of them.
09/06/07
Never once does it take itself seriously, nor does it attempt to convince you that this cartoon world populated by unstoppable gunmen, FBI-profilers-turned-hitmen and lactating hookers should be taken seriously, either.
09/06/07
Drinking the full adrenaline-with-a-wink cocktail might be too much, but there's nothing wrong with sampling it.
09/06/07
a high-impact, adrenaline pumping, laugh-out-loud film that is so preposterously over the top that it is almost poetry
09/06/07
The 'Best Use of a Carrot as a Weapon Award' goes to Clive Owen as Mr Smith
09/05/07
Smith, in other words, does exactly what you'd expect the hero of a bloody, trashy, volcanically depraved action movie to do. He just does it a little bit...more so, and that's the rollicking good joke of Shoot 'Em Up
09/05/07
Awesome! Perfect! Surpasses the high-octane genre. Should not be missed!
09/05/07
This wet dream for action junkies leaves out logic and motivation -- you know, all the boring stuff.
09/05/07
Maintaining a surprisingly light touch and upbeat tone... Shoot 'Em Up is one of this year's best guilty pleasures.
09/04/07
Getting worked up over Shoot 'Em Up's excessive bloodshed is playing right into its hands.
09/04/07
Casts aside some of the sillier macho cliches of the genre for an over-the-top action flick full of dark humor and cartoon violence.
09/03/07
Terrific, envelope-pushing gun fighting that both parodies and pays homage to Sergio Leone and John Woo.
09/01/07
The biggest problem I have with a spoof of action/ carnage/ car chase/ gunfire movies is that this genre is a spoof of real life to begin with. What's with spoofing a spoof?
08/29/07
Not only riffing on John Woo's Hong Kong flicks but cranking up the action until it becomes quite literally a madcap cartoon.
08/26/07
Anyone looking for subtlety, character development or layered plotting will be disappointed, but action fans will find plenty to amuse them.
08/22/07
Top CriticFast-paced, ultra-violent, spectacular and preposterous, Shoot 'Em Up may be the most pleasurable, kinetic, and trashy actioner, a truly cult midnight flick, since Rodriguez's El Mariachi and Desperado.
08/10/07
Good 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
Top CriticLatest News for Shoot 'Em Up
September 08, 2008:
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October 14, 2007:
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September 10, 2007:
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