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Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 161
Fresh: 107 | Rotten: 54

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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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 19

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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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

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Michael Davis

Jan 1, 2008

$12.7M

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All Critics (163) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (115) | Rotten (55) | DVD (17)

After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage.

January 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Associated Press | Comments (3)
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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.

January 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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...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.

January 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Film.com
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It's just gunfights strung together, without a whisper of coherence or meaning.

November 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comments (3)
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The most audacious, implausible, cheerfully offensive, hyperactive action picture I've seen since, oh, Sin City, which in comparison was a chamber drama.

September 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Denver Post
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This is seedy, morally defunct, low-IQ cinema for airheads: it's toe-curlingly violent and mostly plain nasty, but quite fun in a debauched kind of way.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out
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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.

November 3, 2012 Full Review Source: TheShiznit.co.uk
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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.

July 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Screendaily
Screendaily

Over-the-top action with guns, guns, and ... guns.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Say what you will about Bugs Bunny, at least he never needed a backstory.

May 1, 2008 Full Review Source: MSNBC

...it's certainly impossible to deny the effectiveness of the three central performances.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

Clive Owen is ideally cast as the likeable loner (with a tragedy in his past, of course) whose self defence and killing efficiency is declared with deadpan delivery.

March 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile

...painfully uncool one-liners, a flat performance from Clive Owen, a disgusting job by Paul Giamatti and a plot that reveals itself to be idiotic.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | Comments (3)
The Scorecard Review

Shoot 'em Up dispenses with plot, character development and coherency, but it's a blast all the same.

February 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Times
Washington Times

For pure gonzo gunplay and action movie overkill, this gloriously absurd spectacle is the most fun I've had in ages.

January 10, 2008 Full Review Source: MSN.com
MSN.com

...a little shooting and chasing goes a long way. When it's extended to an hour and a half, it becomes overkill, if you'll pardon the expression.

January 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

...essentially just one long chase sequence that becomes much too monotonous much too soon.

January 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment (1)
Movie Metropolis

a sometimes hilarious, sometimes eye-goggling reductio ad absurdum of the action flick to its barest kinetic essentials - like one of those porn compilations of money shots, only in a different genre.

January 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

A tongue-in-cheek spoof of the action adventure genre, a stomach-churning free-fall featuring plenty of gratuitous bloodletting with a little primal carnality tossed in for good measure.

January 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Mount Desert Islander
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Audience Reviews for Shoot 'Em Up

This is such a great movie. Balls to the walls action. Did i mention Moncia Belluci?? Oh yeah
March 2, 2008
jmanard52

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While the film's excessive violence and crude humor may not satisfy all moviegoers, it is still a solid shot in presenting a well-formulated plot along with a strong performances from its cast (Owen, Giamatti, Bellucci) Shoot 'Em Up, like the protagonist in the film, shoots everywhere from all different angles, and though unorthodox, finds its target and penetrates well. 4.5/5
May 6, 2013
Eugene Bernabe

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    1. Hertz: The leader that stays in the rear, takes it in the rear.
    – Submitted by Andrew K (12 months ago)
    1. Smith: Nothin' like a good hand job.
    – Submitted by Andrew K (12 months ago)
    1. Smith: [eats carrot] What's up dock?
    2. Hertz: Aww you're a wascally little wabbit.
    – Submitted by Andrew K (12 months ago)
    1. Smith: Fuck you you fucking fuckers!
    – Submitted by Andrew K (12 months ago)
    1. Smith: Eat your vegetables.
    – Submitted by Kristopher M (18 months ago)
    1. Hertz: My god! Do we really suck, or is this guy really that good?
    – Submitted by Friso C (19 months ago)

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