Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 18 8:44

Mr. Smith: I hate it when parents hit their children. Woman in Museum: Let go of my arm! Mr. Smith: Not until you stop hitting your kid. Woman in Museum: I will discipline my child as I see fit. Mr. Smith: How would you like it if I spank you? [Smith spanks the mother] Mr. Smith: See? It doesn't feel so good, does it? A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen. Clive Owen: Smith In this deliriously over-the-top masterpiece of outrageously clever mayhem, star Clive Owen is an unstoppable good-guy gunman who is given to asking the question "you know what I hate?" before doing something about it, with explosive shot out consequences. You know what I hate? Dishonest, hypocritical re...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 8 2:27

"Guns don't kill people! But they sure help." It is with much confidence that I can state that during my numerous years of viewing movies, never before have I beheld an action film's opening sequence tagged with a hero dispatching a villain by penetrating their brain with a carrot, delivering a baby during an intense, chaotic gunfight, then severing the baby's umbilical cord with a bullet before a rather comical profanity exchange using neon lights. If you're incapable of discerning what this film is about after reading the title and the opening sentence of this review...then you're in trouble. Shoot 'Em Up is a straightforward satirical addition to the action genre. For its entire 80-minute duration, writer/director Michael Davis has crafted a masterful action flick overflowing with si...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 5 11:50

What should I say, just a great action movie. Even crazier than crank, but same kind of movie.

The first picture you see of this movie tells you everything about it: Close Up of Clive Owen's Face eating a carrot. I never thought it could be that cool to eat a carrot .

Great movie for everyone who loves Action movies and can cope with violence.

loved it

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 3 23:23

Shoot 'em up alright. I really believe that this movie was just an excuse for a bunch of men to play with guns, get into ridiculous gun fights and do very unbelievable stunts. If it wasn't for Clive Owens I wouldn't have bothered watching the whole thing but there is something sexy about that man eating carrots. Oh and the thing with the carrots! It was stupid like a lot of other things in this movie. For instance, the wise cracks were not witty, the plot was pathetic (also pointless and reaffirming for me that this movie was just made for the guns), he said "this is weird" way too much, it surprises me that the baby never got hurt and then there is the sex scene. It's the type of sex scene I have never seen and the type that makes you say WTF? If you can sit through the first 5-10 minut...Read more

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Jan 21 12:52

Action = 10/10 Script = 2/10 Actors = 2/10 Comedy = 10/10 Honestly, this should be under comedy as most of the scenes were hilarious. The title of the movie could have been one of the following: - Discover What a Carrot Can Do - The Carrot Killer - What's up Doc? - The Carrot Man - See a Carrot in Action I'm not joking. All those scenes with carrots are just so hilarious - and stupid - that it's all I remember from this idiotic film. Besides that, the movie will most definitely be enjoyed by guys and gals who love action, and (really) don't care for a story. I almost forgot to mention: there is about 15 minutes of talking in the entire 80 minutes of the film. The rest is all guns and action. So if you're looking for a decent story, don't bother. If you're looking t...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 2 years, 1 month ago at Sep 24 8:41

I love Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci and Paul Giamatti, but in the end I don't think this film delivered as much as it should have. It's a tongue-in-cheek action romp with unbelievable stunts, gunfights and dialogue. While I'm usually a fan of films that don't take themselves to seriously, I thought Shoot-em-up was far too much like The Transporter films, when I was expecting it to be much more like Crank.

I really wanted to like it more! But I think 6/10 is a fair rating.

Rating : 6/10