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Directed by Michael Davis.
Clive Owen stars in this gritty, over the top action thriller as Mr. Smith, a gun-toting badass with a hair trigger and an unknown past. He's far from a doctor and farther from a parent, but when he unwittingly discovers an innocent woman delivering a baby right in the middle of a gunfight, Smith enters the fray to save her and though the woman expires, he is the one left in care of the orphaned child. He thinks that the killers were after the woman, but soon he realizes that they had a far more unlikely target: the baby. Smith's regular company is a seedy underworld full of unsavory characters, so he takes the child to the closest thing he knows to a mother: a sultry prostitute played by Monica Bellucci, who specializes in clientele with a mommy fetish. Teamed with his hot but unlikely partner, Smith unloads barrel after barrel to protect the mysterious baby from Mr. Hertz, a ruthless criminal mastermind played by Paul Giamatti. Smith plans to figure out why Hertz and his thugs are after the baby, but if he can't uncover the truth, he'll settle for leaving them all dead in the process. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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tjl30tjl30 The plot of the movie is as str ...
by tjl30 in tjl30 Blog
loved it.
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"What I love about this movie is the simplicity of the plot, the ridiculous fight scenes, pointless violence, and a ridiculous plot. Shoot'Em Up embodies all the great qualities one would look for in a great action movie. This movie is kind of like a Satire/Tribute to my favorite movie genera. Now for people who are not huge action fans , and could care less about another Rambo movie then you will probable hate this movie. To me this movie is kind of a clash between Natural Born Killers, Live Free Die Hard, and the James Bond movies. Although I love action their was one scene were he was falling out of an airplane that looked so unrealistic, that I couldn't believe it was put in the movie.So the plot (as if it really matters) is a guy who sees this pregnant woman in trouble, so he steps in and kills a crap load of assassins trying to kill her and her baby. After killing the pregnant movie the man takes it upon himself to protect the baby. So basically this bad buy Paul Giamatti (who ... " [More]
mrbuckykmrbuckyk Click, click.... BOOM!
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"All style and no substance. This is a movie where you can tell they had the action sequences first and then the connecting plot (if you can even say this movie had plot) after. I was surprised to find out they had this pedigree of actors (Paul Giamatti & Clive Owen) sign up to make this movie. There was a psychotic lil' ADHD kid in the movie Smokin' Aces that got a hard on while practicing karate. This, i imagine, would be that kids favorite movie... " [More]
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by pratchettfan in pratchettfan Blog
is neutral about it.
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"This is one of the bloodiest action movies I have seen recently (the top spot is till held by Planet Terror). Nevertheless, it manages to convey the story of a lone-gunman who finds defending a baby against an apparently endless supply of foes. The action sequences are fantastic and the shooting scenes are just breathtaking (and sometimes a bit over the top). So all in all it was a good "popcorn-movie". " [More]
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by Windbreaker in Windbreaker!
liked it.
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"I'm pretty sure a good number of theater seats were filled a few years back when the Kill Bill trailer showed the Crazy 88s storming into that dance hall to surround the Bride. Awesome scene. About 2 minutes into Shoot 'Em Up we're introduced to Paul Giamati's version of the Crazy 88s. I used to think that working as hired muscle must be pretty hard, but this movie taught me something I didn't know about criminal society. There is a secret phone number (no, we can't tell what number he dials) that crooks with a certain level street cred can call and order up any number of extra thugs. It's so obvious, I can't believe I didn't pick up on that earlier in life. "Hello, operator? I need 12 more guys. Yeah, yeah, I know, but they're done. Yeah, and give me 4 with special driving skills. Thanks. WHAT? SINCE WHEN? Come on, Discover Card is taken at Citgo -- you're telling me I have to use layaway?!"Shoot 'Em Up, we all ... " [More]
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"Over at Pullquote, the Cinetrix has reminded me of one more movie that fit in with this so-called “Year of the Unplanned Pregnancy” trend: Shoot ‘Em Up. She doesn’t really go into details, though, of how it fits in. So, allow me to elaborate. First off, as far as I recall, the pregnancy isn’t actually unplanned. But no matter, I’m going to have fun with this anyway. So, let’s pretend that Shoot ‘Em Up is a pro-life movie. Despite the fact that the baby in the film is already born, there’s a bad guy trying to kill it. Let’s call him the abortionist (aka the pro-choicer). Then there’s a do-gooder hero who aims to keep the baby alive. Let’s call him the pro-lifer. Guess who wins out in the end? And you thought the movie was just a silly take on the gun control issue. There’s political topics all over the place! As you can probably tell, I’m being a bit ridiculous. But sometimes it’s important to get absurd when you’re dealing with too many serious people out there, and too many year-e ... " [More]
lopezdashlopezdash Like "Children of Men," only no ...
by lopezdash in The Movie Blog
lost interest.
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"Shoot ‘Em Up is sure to go down in history as one of the most baffling motion pictures to be released in 2007. What could have been a brilliant caricature of a modern-day action blockbuster quickly turned into a weird exploration of sexuality and gun culture with confusing allusions to the Looney Tunes. Clive Owen--whose performance, though outstanding, is not nearly enough to save this film--plays a disillusioned man named Smith.Much of Shoot 'Em Up parallels the storyline of the 2006 dystopian film Children of Men. Long story short: Smith is at a bus stop, gnawing on a carrot when he witnesses a group of thugs chasing down a pregnant young female. Smith reacts to save her and ends up delivering her child before she is killed. Smith must now seek refuge for himself and his charge (a particularly odd pairing) and avoid a seemingly endless stream of baddies, lead by Paul Giamatti. Giamatti is a convincing bad guy, but then again, when is he not? The film's final ... " [More]
minguswaitsminguswaits Running through the Whole Film
by minguswaits in minguswaits Blog
liked it.
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"I just got out of Shoot 'Em Up. I don't know what to say about it. I Thought it was great in the whole action and unloading guns kind of way. if you are a fan of Sin City, You will like this movie. It has all of the smartness of Sin City with all of the gore of Kill Bill Vol 1 without a lot of the blood. Paul Giamatti is a great... Ahem GREAT bad guy! He is evil and coniving. His face and voice contort in the greatest fashion when monologuing. Clive Owen is as straight laced as always. His Monotonous voice is perfect for this movie (as it is with all of his other works). The pacing of this film is almost at a flat out run. There were very few points that it slowed down. When it did you could feel the movie "catching it's breath". The sex was gratuitous, the Jokes were obligatory, the action was unrelenting. I think it was fun like any other "shoot em up" movie. Dad, you will love this one. " [More]
erico_77375erico_77375 Looney Tunes With Guns...Lots O ...
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is neutral about it.
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"The movie I’m about to review deals with gun control, fetal harvesting, violence as entertainment, misogyny, the military-industrial complex and abortion, and no Michael Moore didn’t direct it. It is called Shoot ‘Em Up and is by far one of the most insane rides at the movies. Directed by minor independent director Michael Davis and stars Clive (The Man Who Should Have Been Bond) Owen and Paul (My Man) Giamatti. I will tell you right now that if you’re a hardcore conservative, hardcore liberal, or hardcore queasy, you probably will not want to see this movie or read any more of my review.The movie starts off with the face of Mr. Smith (Owen). He’s starting into the camera, eating a raw carrot, minding his own business. He’s at an abandoned bus station (wait for Godot from what it looks like) when a pregnant woman goes running by screaming. There’s a man chasing her with a gun and a knife. So needless to say, Smith feels the need to get invo ... " [More]
schulenschulen Peculiar.
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is neutral about it.
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"Imagine if the big ending in Hot Fuzz got turned in to an almost-2 hour movie, but more ridiculous.Then make that movie a whole lot stupider and you get this one.It wasn't bad... I guess. It was well made. Roughly every action scene had a gimmick and each one was clever. Mostly, though, the movie was fucking weird. Weird that it got made, weird that someone could think of it in the first place... everything that happened was weird...If it had been half an hour shorter it might have played as a brilliant satire on modern action flicks... but it was too long, the plot (while retarded) was too talked-about, and the score was too serious. At some point in between writing scenes about sniping babies and having sex during giant firefights, he tried to make things make sense. And, again, it was just fucking weird. " [More]
 



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