Review of Shoot 'Em Up (2007) by Mike C — 21 Mar 2012
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
This movie was flat out fun, a great action movie that is striving for nothing more than entertaining you with the most over the top, impossible in reality gunfights a film has ever seen. If John Woo ever saw this film, he probably loved it. There are gunfights in warehouses, derelict buildings, rooftops, while driving, and even in mid-air during free fall skydiving. The gunplay is so over the top that it cannot even be taken seriously, and Mythbusters tackled some of the effects in this film to see if they could replicate them (and couldnâ(TM)t) so the gunfights defy the laws of physics. That doesnâ(TM)t mean theyâ(TM)re not entertaining, however. Clive Owen stars as the mysterious Smith, a man of unknown background who is a wizard with a gun in his hand. I guess he wanted to make this light, silly movie after the serious roles of Inside Man and Children of Men that came out the year before. His wisecracks and quips (my favorite is âEat your vegetablesâ? after he kills a man with a carrot) are very funny, as are those of Paul Giamatti as the villain. This film is definitely fun, even if it is a little twisted. If you missed this when it was out in theaters a few years ago, and youâ(TM)re a fan of Clive Owen, check this one out, itâ(TM)s a lot of fun.
This review of Shoot 'Em Up (2007) was written by Mike C on 21 Mar 2012.
Shoot 'Em Up has generally received positive reviews.
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