Shoot 'Em Up Details

What?!

Maybe I was just in the wrong mood when I watched this, but 'Shoot 'em up' has got my nod for the worst film of 2007. I probably wouldn't be so harsh if I had watched it on tv in the wee hours and it had starred 'actors' like Steven Siegal or Jean Claude Van etcccccc.... but the very fact that it features quality, top of their game thesps like Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti makes it a crying shame of a film. You could imagine it being a good fun action packed one-liner'thon but it is directed so badly with seemingly so little talent that it comes across as a massive missed opportunity. Every time a character muttered a witty retort (generally after an elaborately thought up but badly executed stunt), the line would just hang there as forced and embarrassing. I believe that the exact same script directed by someone like John Woo or Edgar Wright would have been able to make the action flow a lot better without making it look like kids playing guns in the playground. Please avoid. Monica Bellucci is still easy on the eye though...

[Highly rated reviewer]

Interesting

I have to say that this movie was not what I expected. It was not rubbish but different. However if you have watched Sin City it does have that element to it. If you liked Sin City I think that you might also like this movie. Clive Owen has two sides to acting, Children of Men acting and Sin City acting. If you can get over the cheesy element and some strange cgi with some over the top or un realistic action then you might like this movie. Its one that when its about £3 in the shop I will buy but not before as I feel I wont need to watch it again for some time. I advise you watch it if you like Clive Owen, Sin City style movies, Action and a little cheese. It doesn't deserve three stars or five but I feel 4 is about right. Oh and turn you brain off, it does help!!