Shoot 'Em Up
New Line Cinema | Release Date: September 7, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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13
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9
Negative:
7
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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
88
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
This is likely the fastest-moving intentionally funny action movie ever made. It's as if the 21 Bond movies and four "Die Hards" had been distilled to remove their body fat (that is, character development, buildup, rest stops, etc.) and left us with only the killing and the punch lines. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Its pulpy violent excess will tip over...into slightly more excessive excess. That's its silly, scuzzball joy. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank 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
80
Village VoiceChuck Wilson
Extremely violent guilty pleasure of a thriller. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
This wet dream for action junkies leaves out logic and motivation --you know, all the boring stuff. Read full review
75
New York PostLou 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
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's funny without being toothless, adrenaline turbocharged without being mean and utterly deranged in the best sense of the word. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
For sheer audacity and adrenaline-fueled carnage, Shoot 'Em Up hits its target pretty much dead on. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The presence of the two actors and the film's mordant sense of humor buoy the downtime between bloodbaths and genre fans may find enough to love here. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
It's all meant as gory good fun, but once the novelty wears off half an hour in, the rest of the film is only meant for people who absolutely agree with Giamatti's character about that violence thing. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
There's a little bit of "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in Shoot 'Em Up, although this production isn't as smart or as slick. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Absolutely not for feminists, lovers of period films, and anyone whose sensibilities are bruised by over-the-top stuntwork, it's a cocktail made up of three parts testosterone to one part brains. Read full review
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