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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 21, 2007
Pros: Tidbits of originality, a few laughs
Cons: Blatant anti-gun theme was lost of some people
Summary: Shoot ‘Em Up is the latest anti-gun movie starring Clive Owen (see also: Children of Men) and Paul Giamatti. This brainless action movie is supposed to be a satire on brainless action movies, but in the end it just insults its target ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 3, 2012
Pros: Some of the most insane, non-stop, balls to the wall action you've ever seen!
Cons: There hasn't been a Shoot 'Em Up 2 yet.
Summary: You know what the problem with Superman Returns was? That the flick blew its load in the opening reel with the whole "Save the crashing plane" bit (which was really, really awesome) and then stumbled around for the remainder of the running time ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 24, 2010
Pros: - Non stop action
- Hilarious stunts
Cons: - Terrible plot
- Not kid friendly
Summary: Shoot 'Em Up kept me laughing and/or gripping the edge of my seat for the entire duration of the movie. I have to be honest and say that it lacked a lot of important values that make a good movie, but an action flick has never received such a refined ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 5, 2010
Pros: plenty of action scenes
Cons: no plot, killing for no reason,
Summary: I have to say that Shoot 'Em Up was released in September of 2007 as an action, adventure, crime and thriller. It does have lots of action and lots of crime. The movie runs for 86 minutes too long in my opinion. The movie is rated R for lots of strong ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 10, 2009
Pros: Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti. Entertaining movie overall.
Cons: Very violent. Plot is pretty weak.
Summary: I remember not being sure what to think about Shoot ‘Em Up when I first saw a trailer for the movie. I was sort of interested in it since I usually like Clive Owen, but I didn't set out to see it specifically. I recently ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2009
Pros: occasional flashes of wit
Cons: silly even as a caricature of an action movie
Summary: I'm not inclined to shoot 'em up movies, though I've seen some of John Woo's Hong Kong movies with their cartoonish mayhem, and found Jason Statham in "Crank" at least somewhat funny. I think that "Crank" (2006) was intended as a satire of action movies ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 23, 2008
Pros: Non stop action, violence, sex, and very, very, very dark humor
Cons: Too much violence, I mean it was really over the top.
Summary: After so many years of pure violence in movies, where the most gory of gory scenes do not shock, and nothing seems tabu, what would it take to actually make audiences flinch today? Hmmmmm Micheal Davis must have thought, no one has tapped the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2008
Pros: A slick spoof of the action genre with a sly sense of humor to boot.
Cons: The film gets redundant towards the end
Summary: Written and Directed By Michael Davis. Clive Owen (Smith) Paul Giamatti (Hertz) Monica Bellucci (Donna Quintano) Stephen McHattie (Hammerson) I'm guilty of a double standard, I admit ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 14, 2008
Pros: Action packed thrill ride with very hot Clive Owen and Monica Bellucci
Cons: Not meant to be taken seriously. Not for kids.
Summary: Shoot ‘Em Up (2007) Written and Directed by Michael Davis. Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) is sitting on a bench, eating a carrot, minding his own business, when a very pregnant woman (Ramona Pringle) goes running past her. A moment later we see ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2008
Pros: The action is pretty nonstop.
Cons: The action is pretty nonsensical. A realistic plot would have been helpful.
Summary: “Shoot ‘Em Up” is so preposterous that it makes you reflect on “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and think, “Yeah. Could happen.” I’m a big fan of the action genre, but “Shoot ‘Em Up” is one of those high-budget ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 17, 2008
Pros: Great action sequences.
Cons: It runs out of steam in the last act.
Summary: For well over a decade, Hollywood has been trying to outdo the incredible action films that came out of Asia from the mid 1980s onward. Given that Hollywood has about 100 times more money, better equipment, and more famous actors, one would assume that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2008
Pros: high-octane action, funny twists and decent performances, evenly matched avatars
Cons: none
Summary: Shoot 'Em Up is a high-octane bang-bang flick that mocks the genre in grand style. My first thoughts, in watching this flick, were of Quentin Tarentino but I also thought of The Transporter, with its Stoic hero, dead-pan style and over-the-top action. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2008
Pros: Entertained us with its sick side of life, themes on morals.
Cons: Sometime sick humour and graphic violence and language
Summary: Shoot 'em up is full of great lines, awesome acting and incredible fight scenes. Warning... this DVD may inspire one to want to own a gun. Correct that and make it lots of bad guns... enough to supply an army with! I watched this on DVD the other night ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2008
Pros: Action scenes although quite numerous
Cons: Weak story; even interviews on special features were zilch.
Summary: ---DISCLOSURE: This is being written by someone who enjoys the movies and might consider it a hobby since I've been doing it for 50 years. In the "old days" I averaged 30 movies a year when they were in first release but the VCR and then the DVD player ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 5, 2008
Pros: Well choreographed, funny.
Cons: Silly really.
Summary: I watched a two hour ad for guns last night and I'm still not sure if it was anti or pro second amendment. Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti and Monica Bellucci starred in the two hour film very accurately titled Shoot 'em Up. The film points out that ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 1, 2008
Pros: Cool shooting, some funny jokes, and a great soundtrack.
Cons: Not enough plot, some bad jokes, and some gore
Summary: wanted to see Shoot 'Em Up and finally I got the chance. When I first heard about the movie I thought it would have some shooting and maybe a decent plot And it turned out to be allot more than that , now that doesn't mean it was great!! The movie ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 24, 2007
Pros: Something to watch, not boring, some of the one-liners are funny
Cons: Mindless action, cliche one-liners all around, watch only if you got nothing else
Summary: with Crank, there was no excuses made for the poor plot action film. With Shoot 'Em Up, there is a plot that tries to have a story, which is suppose to cause the audience to ask questions like "why is someone after the...?" Well, I'm getting ahead of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 18, 2007
Pros: good action scenes, Clive Owen, lots of guns
Cons: terrible plot, moments so stupid they're kind of funny
Summary: Shoot Em Up is a satire on over-the-top gun flicks. From the frenzied beginning of the movie where you have Clive Owen saving a pregnant woman, who gives birth while he spins around madly dispatching bad guys, it’s quite clear that Shoot ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 16, 2007
Pros: Great entertainment value. Acting is solid for what it is. Awesome action scenes.
Cons: No value beyond entertainment. There's no message to take away from it of any kind.
Summary: Walking out of Shoot Em' Up I was smiling and thinking to myself "This is how parody movies actually should be." I say this because it's absolutely true. This movie is extremely entertaining, funny, and cliche on purpose. It makes fun of the action ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 14, 2007
Pros: lots of action, Owen is always good, lots of great one-line dialogue
Cons: really weak on plot, action gets repetitive, supporting characters non-existent
Summary: Hmmm... Well let's see... the fight scenes were really well choreographed, and the action was non-stop. That coupled with a number of one-liners that really made me laugh, and a few sequences within the film that were interesting, and you have all the ... read more
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