Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
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Reviews Counted:157
Fresh:105
Rotten:52
Average Rating:6.2/10
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.
Theatrical Release:Sep 7, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $12,730,449
Synopsis: For an action film, boasting a body count higher than its IQ isn't always a bad thing. In director and screenwriter Michael Davis's stylish SHOOT ‘EM UP, inventive set pieces, and tongue-in-cheek... [More]
Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Belluci, Stephen McHattie
Director: Michael Davis
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Reviews for Shoot 'Em Up
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 3/5 |
By the final reel, Shoot 'Em Up's fuse manages to peter out without ever really igniting. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Say what you will about Bugs Bunny, at least he never needed a backstory. Full Review |
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 7/10 |
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2.5/4 |
...it's certainly impossible to deny the effectiveness of the three central performances. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
With nary a nod to plausibility Michael Davis has crafted one of the more entertaining action films to come along in recent years. Full Review |
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2/10 |
...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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Shoot 'em Up dispenses with plot, character development and coherency, but it's a blast all the same. Full Review |
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3/6 |
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5/10 |
...essentially just one long chase sequence that becomes much too monotonous much too soon. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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...arguably the best-directed movie of the year. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Uma versão idiota de Filhos da Esperança. Full Review |
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It's just gunfights strung together, without a whisper of coherence or meaning. Full Review |
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1/5 |
The whole thing is supposed to be played for laughs, but it is too bloody, too brutal and too sadistic to be remotely amusing. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It is obvious that this is a movie where the filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing, which is why I believe this movie will live on much longer than its box office receipts indicate. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Forget style over substance; the style is the substance here, and it's hard to complain when it's all, quite simply, so much damn fun. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Shoot 'Em Up
September 08, 2008:
Shoot 'Em Up, Bollywood Style 
American audiences may have slept on "Shoot 'Em Up," but its charms were apparently not lost on the makers of what appears to be a Bollywood remake of the Clive Owen-led action... More...
October 14, 2007:
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September 16, 2007:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Jodie Struggles But Still Hits #1
For the second straight weekend, a star-driven action drama aimed at adult audiences opened at number one with $14M in ticket sales from roughly 2,700 theaters. This time it was... More...
September 10, 2007:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: 3:10 to Yuma Speeds to #1 Spot
After struggling at the box office over the last few years, Russell Crowe scored his first number one film in more than seven years with the critically-acclaimed Western 3:10 to... More...
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