Shoot 'Em Up | Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti

Shoot 'Em Up | Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti | Not for Everybody

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Shoot 'Em Up

	Shoot 'Em Up Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti New Line Home Video, 2008 average customer review:based on 195 reviews view larger image
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Can't look away

I happened upon this movie just passing through and suddenly I was spellbound. Partly out of concern for the baby and then I had to know the "why" of it all. I sat on the sofa thirsty and wanting out of my work clothes but I could not take my eyes off the screen. Highly recommended.

Not for Everybody

I'm the first to admit that this movie isn't for everyone. You can tell from the reviews here how polarized the viewing audience is. For what it's worth, if this movie appeals to you, you will enjoy it immensely. If not, you'll hate it. There's not a lot of middle ground.

The movie is ultra-violent, yes, but in a cartoon violence way (if Bugs Bunny were R-rated that is) It's over-the-top, extreme, and comical. Yes, comical. Some of the kills are outright silly and laughable. That's what defines this movie.

The action is incredibly well choreographed. The scene involving the stairwell is just simply the most amazing action scene I think I've ever seen in a movie.

Will you like the movie? I don't know. But give it a try. You might despise it, and that would be understandable. I hated Sin City but love this, so go figure. I recognize the artistry behind it but don't actually like the movie. For Shoot 'Em Up, I loved both.

At the very least, even if you hate the movie, find the scene where Clive Owen is complaining about another driver not using his turn signal. That scene is laugh out loud funny and well worth seeking out in the movie!

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COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

Well, I can't agree that it's the worst movie ever made, but it could have been much better. I'll give it 3 stars for some originality... and for seeing Bellucci almost naked. Obviously she insisted on wearing something below... which rather ruined an otherwise hot scene. As with the other reviews, the action is way "over the top". In fact, if you know anything about guns and how they work, it's downright comical at times. So ignorance is bliss when it comes to this movie. I thought the villian was very good. As someone else wrote, this is no Sin City. Sin City was a very original, well written, movie with groundbreaking visual techniques. This movie is a bunch of implausable shooting sequences, wrapped in a very weak plot. I guess I was hoping for more. I think the boys from Jackie Chan's stunt team, could have made the action MUCH more realistic and exciting. Instead, you find yourself saying "Ya, right!" throughout the movie. I would have gone for a "Jackie Chan on steriods" approach to this movie. Kept it more hard core and realistic. I think the lead actor would have been up for it. You tend to want to think "This could happen" in an action movie. I enjoyed the social commentary, via all the pet peeves the hero has - rude drivers, littering, people slurping their drinks, being given the middle finger, older men with ponytails, jerks driving BMWs, even some guy's unkept toe nails, and so on. We get to cheer a little when, for example, a rude driver gets plowed into a parked car. Something we could only dream about doing in reality.

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