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| Shoot 'Em Up | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 162 reviews)
Sales Rank: 460
Category: DVD
Actor: Clive Owen
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Studio: New Line Home Video
Brand: Warner Brothers
Label: New Line Home Video
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 86 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000035231
UPC: 794043112331
EAN: 0794043112331
ASIN: B000XA5K48
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: September 7, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Clive Owen Paul Giamatti and Monica Bellucci star. Also included are deleted scenes making of the film 15 minutes of writer/director Michael Davis' original animatics and more!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME UPC: 794043112331 Manufacturer No: 1000035231
Amazon.com
Every action movie has a moment so over the top you have to laugh; Shoot 'Em Up consists of nothing but these moments. A carrot-eating, lone wolf kind of guy named Smith (Clive Owen, Children of Men, Inside Man) steps in to protect a pregnant woman from a gunman--and finds himself, with the aid of a lactating prostitute (Monica Belluci, The Matrix Revisited), defending the newborn child from a sleazy contract killer Mr. Hertz (Paul Giamatti, American Splendor, Sideways) and his army of thugs. That's pretty much the plot, but story is beside the point. Writer/director Michael Davis (Monster Man) has a keen sense of what matters in an action movie. The rapid-fire editing is scrupulously coherent; you always grasp what happened in every shoot-out, even if it flagrantly violates the laws of physics or basic plausibility. Explaining how Smith survives a four-story fall--even if that explanation is beyond ridiculous--demonstrates both a sense of wit and a winking respect for the audience's imagination. As a result, Shoot 'Em Up is ten times more entertaining than the likes of Transformers or Rush Hour 3, movies so self-satisfied with special effects or movie stars that they forgot to be fun. (Shoot 'Em Up's only weakness is a sliver of misogyny, the one action movie cliche that it's not clever enough to transcend.) --Bret Fetzer
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 Just a good fun time!!!!!! June 18, 2008
If your looking for a cheesy good time, then look no further then SHOOT 'EM UP. Just balls to the wall action and hillarious scenarios that seem to impossible. Don't watch if you want a plot and a good story cause you wont find that here, just sit back and enjoy some smart mindless action.
 I think this movie used up all the bullets. June 15, 2008
Clive Owen plays the cliched nameless man who can kill a dozen men just by waving a gun vaguely in their direction (while bullets slide off him - save the mandatory upper-arm-flesh-wound). He has bad one-liners, an unusual habit, he's super-smart and underneath it all he's a big softy.
Monica Bellucci doesn't seem to put much effort in. I think this role was a mistake for her as the hooker isn't likable and doesn't have any depth.
Paul Giamatti's bad guy would be better if he dropped the inconsistent bad-guy accent.
But the action is good and frequent, a couple of nearly original twists in the story and some of the jokes really are quite funny. The movie is only 78 minutes (without end credits) but feels longer.
A couple of things in the movie are very disturbing, NOTHING makes sense if you stop to think about it... but the movie is what it is meant to be.
I saw this on DVD but had no interest in watching the extra features.
 Will there be a Shoot 'Em Up II? June 14, 2008
To answer the title question, WHY? This is a film to watch with tongue firmly in cheek, just for the romp and black Humor. It imitates film noir but only for fun.
Goofy, funny, non-stop "Shooting-Fest." All in the name of fun. June 12, 2008
I enjoyed every loud, gunfire-blasting moment of this movie. Paul Giamatti (Mr. Hertz) is an evil, foul-mouthed crack-up, occasionally on the phone with his wife during gun battles. A perfect foil to Clive Owen's (Mr Smith) dark, gun-toting, sure-fire bad-guy killing demeanor. Monica Bellucci as Donna Quintano, the prostitute is as beautiful as ever. A myriad of predictable shootout chiche's as you'll ever see in a movie. Which makes it all the more enjoyable.
Come with me if you want to live! June 12, 2008
Shoot 'Em Up is an over the top, tongue-in-cheek homage to '80's action flicks. The action is just so unbelievable and audacious you will laugh at the nerve the director had.
Clive Owen is great as a straight-faced, carrot munching 'man of mystery' who always has just the right bad one-liner.
Paul Giamatti must have had such a good time filming this one. He makes such a good heavy/mid-level manager.
I'd recommend it if you can handle extreme violence with your laughs. It's a real crowd pleaser.
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