Shoot 'Em Up

Name: Shoot 'Em Up
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: September 7, 2007
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti

2007

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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: September 7, 2007 | R

Starring: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti

Summary: Mr. Smith is a mysterious loner who teams up with an unlikely ally to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city. (New Line Cinema)

Director: Michael Davis

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 86 min

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Roger Ebert

The most audacious, implausible, cheerfully offensive, hyperactive action picture I've seen since, oh, "Sin City," which in comparison was a chamber drama. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Anyone looking for subtlety, character development or layered plotting will be disappointed, but action fans will find plenty to amuse them with this film that makes "Hard-Boiled" look restrained. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

The season's first guilty pleasure, Shoot 'Em Up is a joyously silly, R-rated, John Woo-in flected Looney Tune, with Clive Owen as a carrot-chomping, gun-toting Bugs Bunny matching wits with Elmer Fudd-ish assassin Paul Giamatti. Read full review

Michael Sragow

The saving grace in an exuberantly graceless movie is Clive Owen. This actor is bulletproof. Even in a sick-joke jamboree like Shoot 'Em Up, he mows down the competition and gets his laughs without losing his composure. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

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. Read full review

Connie Ogle

Despite all the flying bullets, which are admittedly entertaining at times, Shoot 'Em Up doesn't offer enough bang for your bucks. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Owen, Giamatti, and Bellucci--all fine actors at the peak of hireability--must have been coming off a collective coke bender when they agreed to be in this murky, straight-to-video-looking piece of crud. Read full review

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FlashB.

Sep 7, 2007

Fantastic, over-the-top fun. Yes, it's ridiculous. It's also one of the best times an action fan will have at a movie all year.

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michaelp

Jan 2, 2008

i think some are missing the point of the film. its story line is suppose to be stupid its a ACTION FILM. the thing is it doesnt take it self seriously becouse its a action movie . its hot fuzz but only the action and it forgets any story build up

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May 22, 2021

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ScottR.

Sep 7, 2007

It's ridiculous. It's silly. It's over the top. And I was the first in line to watch it! This was a definite go see from the first preview I saw at Comic-Con.

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DanS.

Sep 13, 2007

This film was great, it is very funny and not supposed to be taken seriously at all, this was a great way to end the big summer action movies. There is non stop action and comedy through out the entire movie. I went into the theater expecting a Sin City like experience out of Clive Owen but This film was great, it is very funny and not supposed to be taken seriously at all, this was a great way to end the big summer action movies. There is non stop action and comedy through out the entire movie. I went into the theater expecting a Sin City like experience out of Clive Owen but was pleasantly surprised by the More Grind House, ridicules action packed funny style. If you like to see one man kill another with a Carrot this movie is for you.… Expand

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JohnL.

Sep 17, 2007

It was ok I enjoyed its over the top violence but the story is lacking if you want more of the same watch grindhouse it has better cgi and a more tight storyline all in all i would recommend it but I would never watch it again.

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DaveB.

Sep 11, 2007

what the hell movie did you people see ? this movie was f**kin' horrible. Don't get me wrong....I'm a fan of action movies even when there is no plot (Transformers, Assault on Precinct 13) and i can suspend my disbelief when I'm at the movies. This was a waste of time. I what the hell movie did you people see ? this movie was f**kin' horrible. Don't get me wrong....I'm a fan of action movies even when there is no plot (Transformers, Assault on Precinct 13) and i can suspend my disbelief when I'm at the movies. This was a waste of time. I have seen thousands of movies but never have i been so tempted to walk out of one as i was here. The acting was horrible, the CGI was lame, the action scenes were BORING, don't even get me going on the feeling up a dead girl or the lactating prostitute scenes. "Suspend your disbelief at the door"...that i can do but this movie was insulting to action fans everywhere.… Expand

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