Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
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Critic 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.
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Movie Info
A mysterious man delivers a baby during a shootout and is entrusted with protecting the child from criminals out to kill it.
| Rating: | R (for pervasive strong bloody violence, sexuality and some language) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense |
| Directed By: | Michael Davis |
| Written By: | Michael Davis |
| In Theaters: | Sep 7, 2007 Wide |
| On DVD: | Jan 1, 2008 |
| Box Office: | $12.7M |
| Runtime: |
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Cast
as Smith
as Hertz
as Donna Quintano
as Hammerson
as Lone Man
as Sen. Rutledge
as Baby Oliver
as Baby Oliver
as Baby's Mother
as Baby Oliver
as Man Who Rides Shotgu...
as Hertz's Driver
as Killer Shot in Behin...
as First Killer
as Club Bouncer
as Diner Holdup Leader
as Diner Hood With Earr...
as Ugly Toenails Hood
as Woman in Museum
as Pawnshop Owner
as Motel Manager
as Kid in Museum
as Senator's Guard
as Madam Maddie
as Pawnshop Owner
as Diapered Man
as Dog Handler
as Woman in Park
as Museum Guard
as Coffee-Sipping Guard
as Woman in Park
as Milkshake Slurper
as Customer in Alley
as Gunman Stabbed in Ey...
as Hammerson's Security...
as Coffee-Sipping Guard
as Korean Gorcer
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LoginCritic Reviews for Shoot 'Em Up
All Critics (163) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (53) | DVD (16)
After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage.
One can certainly be amused and entertained by writer-director Michael Davis's hyperbolic action frolics -- I was -- but not without feeling pretty low and stupid.
...an affectionate, often very funny Simpsons parody of its whole eponymous genre. It's a live-action McBane as co-directed by Quentin Tarantino and Chuck Jones.... Shoot 'Em Up is Hot Fuzz gone to the Dark Side.
It's just gunfights strung together, without a whisper of coherence or meaning.
Far from being a spoof on the genre, Shoot 'Em Up is an action movie with the flab removed - with no more than maybe ten minutes of exposition, you're left with a series of interconnecting money shots, each one more gooey than the last.
Merrily amoral, shamelessly watchable and outlandishly funny, Shoot 'Em Up is not for all tastes, but those with a dark sense of humor will have a ball.
Audience Reviews for Shoot 'Em Up
This is such a great movie. Balls to the walls action. Did i mention Moncia Belluci?? Oh yeah
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I expected crap CGI nonsense and was pleasantly surprised.
The first thing I noticed about this crazy 'robocop/total recall' topping death tollathon was the action gun battles are really well done and look realistic, there's no obvious CGI effects in there and its all very gritty and cool, over the top but cool.
The whole thing is really dumb lets be honest, the story is awful and the main lead, Owen, is totally miscast in my opinion, he's just not this kind of action man and can't fit the role. It is funny though, gives Arnie a run for the money with wisecracks after gunning down the latest henchman...of which there is no end of of course.
There are some stupid sequences that do spoil the realism and hardcore violence, jumping out of a plane with a following midair gun battle? jumping into a car through a sunroof from off a tall building? and catapolting through a windscreen after crashing head on with a van and landing safely inside to comfortably shoot everybody!?. All of which are too computer gamey for me, but you have to expect that with this type of film, after all the title says it all.
Its good for the gun battles and bloodshed, if it was Arnie I would be wetting myself with glee shame it isn't. But its good to see a good old fashioned bloodbath, and for once with little CGI shit.
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Shoot 'Em Up Quotes
| Smith: | You know how I'd break your finger, I'd kick you in the ass! |
| Hertz: | The leader that stays in the rear, takes it in the rear. |
| Smith: | Nothin' like a good hand job. |
| Smith: | [eats carrot] What's up dock? |
| Hertz: | Aww you're a wascally little wabbit. |
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