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Shoot 'Em Up

Shoot 'Em Up

2007
Comedy
Suspense/Thriller
1h 26m
A man named Mr. Smith (Owen) delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen. (imdb)
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Shoot 'Em Up

2007
Comedy
Suspense/Thriller
1h 26m
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Rated 17 Oct 2007
85
92nd
More over the top than Sylvester Stallone.
Rated 02 May 2008
75
74th
Brainless, and so far over the top that it's up in the stratosphere. You know that scene in Transporter 2 where he flips the car upside down and uses the crane hook to detach the bomb from his car in midair? Shoot Em Up is THAT moment stretched to 90 minutes. Good Times.
Rated 17 Oct 2007
86
86th
One of the most over-the-top and ridiculous action movies I've ever seen in my entire life. It's downright absurd. And I loved every second of it. This film is pure self-aware action and every second is fantastic. Owen, Bellucci and Giamatti are all spot on in this. If you love action films with no regard for reality this is THE movie to see. If you don't like action then certainly miss this one, there's nothing in it for you.
Rated 09 Sep 2007
67
52nd
Just to give you a taste, the first kill in this film is done by carrot, which Clive Owen shoves into some guy's mouth, followed by a firm wallop that sends the vegetable through the henchman's brain stem. The action is followed by Clive Owen suggesting that the freshly murdered henchman eats his vegetables. If that sounds up your alley, then there is no better film for you.
Rated 03 Nov 2007
90
82nd
If you are ready for some really over-the-top action and corny one liners this movie is definitely for you.
Rated 23 Feb 2022
70
53rd
I've always championed Joe Spinell as a live action Bugs Bunny and ... I still do. The mid 00s were a playground of stupid great action movies - this, Cranks, Transporter, running scared etc I miss it but not so much the music
Rated 12 Jul 2011
70
77th
Shoot 'Em Up is fun, but little more. The action scenes are inventive and completely implausible, but it's unlikely you'll remember more than one or two of them after the film ends. The plot and characters are weak, but that doesn't seem to matter much. If you want more or less non-stop action, this is a film you need to see. I can see it being offensive and turning people off, but I enjoyed it.
Rated 16 Oct 2008
95
98th
Awesome, crazy movie. C.Owen , the raw-carrot eater was great here in this short, funny action-comedy. I enjoy it very much and more movies like this may come.
Rated 17 Oct 2007
90
94th
Fine actors with mostly very funny dialogue. And the action. Oh, the action. It's over something that's already over the top. Big time.
Rated 09 Sep 2007
81
81st
A fantastic barrage of over-the-top action sequences disarm the audience and blow up the screen. Paul Giamatti is the sleaziest and most twisted villain, Clive Owen makes for a sly man-with-no-name hero, and the plot doesn't really matter. It's all about flying bullets and "Shoot 'Em Up" hits all the right bloody notes and isn't without a sense of irony.
Rated 29 Nov 2007
76
75th
Finally, a movie that delivers on the promises that Smokin Aces and Crank made. Terrible dialogue somehow makes this better. No subtlety. No realism. Just guns and fun.
Rated 04 Mar 2010
85
87th
It's so purposely over-the-top that I can't help but love it. It some ways it feels almost like a parody of an action movie, and while it's not as smart as a Hot Fuzz, it still is entertaining as hell. I had no problem with the ridiculous action, but some of the dialogue was lacking. I understand they are supposed to be dumb one-liners, but they aren't even funny in a bad way...just awkward. It's only a slight annoyance though as there's only like 10 or so lines. Highly recommend to action fans.
Rated 14 Mar 2010
45
7th
Overrated as hell. Heavy handed satire is poor satire. This movie seemed to think it was much more clever than it really was. Paul Giamatti also has one of the most smug annoying faces ever. There are some good effects but the lines are groan inducing. It's basically a gag that goes on beyond the 15 minutes necessary to sum up what it's about.
Rated 11 Jan 2015
62
42nd
Have you ever noticed it's getting harder and harder to find movies that appeal to a young male audience? Sad, really.
Rated 24 Feb 2010
82
76th
Over the top and awesome. The movie's only mistake is having breaks in the action for plot.
Rated 18 Dec 2007
90
97th
Too much funny one-liners, ridiculously good action and even better acting by Owen and Giamatti. The result is definitely best action movie of the year.
Rated 30 Oct 2008
87
85th
You know what I hate? . . . not his movie. This movie is outrageous and hilarious. The action goes from beginning to end. If you want a shooter that will make you laugh, SEE THIS!
Rated 05 Jan 2008
70
61st
Silly, ridicilous, stupid, and awesome. Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti are hilarious.
Rated 30 Aug 2011
30
12th
I hate to bust everyone's balls here, but seriously? This movie is shit. I can enjoy a turn your brain off action flick, in fact I enjoy a lot of them. This drags simply because it is only action. Bullets take less than a second to shoot so even though there are lots of them, it ultimately makes the movie dull. This takes out all feeling and emotion and replaces them with action. This is ultimately why it won't be remembered like Die Hard, action movies need to be about more than action.
Rated 02 Dec 2007
75
44th
Every bit as over the top and action packed as you'd expect it to be.
Rated 16 Dec 2008
84
52nd
One of the most realistic movies I have ever seen. No seriously , it's almost always over the top but in a way that it's funny and you like it. You will laugh sometimes when you see what they come up with. But towards the end it was so much over the top it wasn't that good anymore ( scene at fireplace ). Besides the action it has some funny one-liners and the beautifull Monica Bellucci. You will definately enjoy yourself when watching it. And now excuse me , i'm goining to eat a carrot.
Rated 22 Mar 2010
60
37th
Not a great movie...but so funny. And so ridiculously entertaining.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
79
60th
Over the top action done right, with a good choice of songs (Breed!). I don't even want to ruin any of the insane ways that people are killed. But loses some speed on second viewings and when you watch it outside of the theatre. See it once, you don't need to see it again.
Rated 23 Feb 2008
56
24th
Though it doesn't pretend to be smarter than it is, this "stupid cool action" really isn't that cool and is too stupid to be entertaining or even enjoyable. Mindless fun is good sometimes--see 300--but Shoot Em Up is a bastardization of the action genre and has literally no good scenes in it. From start to finish it's filled with over the top cheese and I can't imagine really anyone with any amount of experience with quality movies liking it.
Rated 18 Apr 2009
26
15th
Becomes increasingly dull on repeat viewings but MAN that first one was great! Screw story and character development, this is all about a man saving some kid and some whore while killing LITERALLY everyone. Shockingly creative for a movie that reveals it's plot in the title.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
20
1st
I hated this film...had to watch it to the end just to see if it had a hidden shred of decency or taste.Sadly it was an 1 hour 26 minute waste of my precious movie-watching time.Going in I knew their was a lot of pervasive violence and it still shocked me with its callousness towards human life..and this is from a major zombie movie lover!
Rated 12 Sep 2007
82
47th
Kickass pointlessness. Giamatti was perfectly cast; everything he does and says in this movie is hysterical.
Rated 19 Nov 2007
85
82nd
So much fun. So far from realism, but so very much fun.
Rated 30 Jul 2020
59
17th
Shoot 'Em Up is aware of its absurdity and leans into it, but it's still far from a good film. Some of the humour works, but the action is lacklustre and some of the "cheesy" dialogue flails into groan territory. The film has a grunge-punk vibe to it, and it just didn't work for me.
Rated 17 Sep 2007
80
68th
Ridiculously over the top to the point of it almost being a parody, this movie is great fun to see, as long as you go in knowing what to expect. It's never takes itself too seriously, and is excellent pop-corn, off-duty brain entertainment.
Rated 07 Nov 2008
78
60th
A violent live-action reimagining of a Bugs Bunny cartoon, starring Clive Owen as a "Nowhere Man" gunman with a taste for carrots and the infinitely likeable Paul Giamatti as a trigger-happy hunter, chasing down the "scwewy wabbit". The movie is absolutely ridiculous, but at no point does it forget this and attempt to be something else. This makes for an endlessly entertaining theme-park ride of a film that dares to laugh with you at it. Very violent and very entertaining wall-to-wall action.
Rated 25 Aug 2008
75
65th
this is fun to watch. this movie got around 80 minutes and it doesnt waste a lot of time. it really concentrates on its strength...action at startling speed with hilarious ideas within the shootouts.
Rated 05 Jan 2008
73
62nd
Shoot 'Em Up is a slap-stick action/comedy that is for the badass in everyone.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
25
20th
More repugnant than fun.
Rated 23 Sep 2008
91
97th
Absolutely great, don't take it for real, it's absolutely over the top. Clive Owen is just great, really badass.
Rated 23 Jun 2009
65
51st
So cartoonishly over-the-top that the hero/villain dynamic is loosely modeled on Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Davis is determined to turn as many scenes into gunfights as possible -- delivering a baby, having sex, sky-diving...all while shooting the shit out of bad guys! After a while it's just desensitizing and I became numb to the movie, but it's still fun and imaginative, in a stupid kind of way. Starring Monica Bellucci as a pair of lactating tits.
Rated 08 Sep 2007
4
43rd
It has a wicked will to offend and entertain, and the lighthearted, ridiculous nature of the gunplay and other violence makes it a flawed but amusing guilty pleasure.
Rated 31 Jan 2009
95
96th
Going into this film, I had no clue it was going to be this great. An action film that is making fun of the stupidity of action films by being so over the top and outrageous that it is AWESOME! Also, the music during the film is great!
Rated 22 Oct 2008
62
6th
Meh. Paul Giamatti as the unlikely villain and Monica Bellucci as the hooker with a heart of gold deliver great performances and the action is always intense and sometimes twistedly funny. But the narrative falls flat and Owen is just a guy with one facial expression and no emotion - that was interesting for a while in movies like Sin City, but it's getting old real fast.
Rated 24 Jul 2009
64
40th
Fun to watch nonsensical gratuitousness. While it does have replay value as a whole, the action scenes suffer from the law of diminishing returns: they get less and less novel as the film progresses, to where the last ones don't feel fresh, they feel stupid (jackrabbit-of-all-trades Owen delivers a baby in the first gunfight. Of course it goes downhill from there). Giamatti more than makes up for the fact the director forgot (I think, it's hard to tell) he began the film as a satire.
Rated 14 Jun 2009
75
55th
If anything else, it has some of the most bizarre, ridiculous gunfights in cinema.
Rated 30 Sep 2012
90
84th
Completely mental in every way. Paul Giamatti chews the scenery like nobody's business. The plot is ridiculous and the action set pieces start off insane, and only get more batshit as the movie continues.
Rated 04 Oct 2007
75
56th
This movie is insane. Take that as you will.
Rated 07 Oct 2017
67
70th
Clive Owen at his finest. Just that little bit better sarcasm than your average action hero, making all the difference. And the gunfights though,no exaggeration has been spared!
Rated 21 Mar 2009
88
74th
Completely ridiculous and sort of wonderful -- it's no "Grindhouse", but then again, what else but "Grindhouse" could be?
Rated 26 Dec 2011
59
12th
Saying this movie is way over the top is an understatement. There is lot of action and the movie does not take it self seriously at all. However most of the action sequences are very ho hum and there are numerous exceedingly bad one liners. A bright spot is Paul Giamatti as the over the top villain.
Rated 21 Feb 2011
70
69th
it's fast, it's funny and it's totally pointless and violent. it's everything "max payne" should have been. starting with the title, it does not pretend to be anything but a movie about a dude shooting other dudes. and that's how fulfilling expectations is done right. plus the carrot running gag actually was pretty damn funny throughout.
Rated 26 Mar 2013
50
49th
To say this movie is ridiculous is to grossly understate the obvious. Paul Giamatti did make a good Sociopath. Monica Bellucci is a beautiful whore. Nonstop action. Clive Owen is an unstoppable force, but the action is entirely unconvincing. A few clever scenes such as the shootout in the stairs, the car crash and numerous death by carrot. Some unexpected delights for an otherwise idiotic plot.
Rated 15 Mar 2008
30
6th
It's a good thing this one does not take itself seriously, because the action sequences is totally over the top. So is the plot, in addition to being full of holes. Owen does a poor job at being a hero, even his shooting is lame. And what made Giamatti think this was a good movie to appear in?? Anyway, he does the best job in here, but the rest...rubbish.
Rated 14 Nov 2007
76
60th
Mindless, uninhibited, jokey fun. Come into it expecting a pastiche more than an actual shooter film, and you'll probably enjoy it.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
92
91st
Absolutely over-the-top and a blast to watch.
Rated 07 Oct 2007
90
95th
A Max Payne movie. Just blasting fun.
Rated 09 May 2008
76
64th
One of the most fun movies I've watched. How over the top is this? They have a gunfight while skydiving. Hell yeah.
Rated 21 Dec 2008
93
54th
Stop taking this movie seriously. This isn't some pensive, metaphoric action movie; this is a quirky, tongue-in-cheek parody of the last two decades' worth of action flicks.
Rated 29 May 2009
75
73rd
The title tells you everything you need to know.
Rated 24 Sep 2007
90
86th
Plays like an indie Grindhouse flick, but with awesome actors and 2007 FX. Hardcore, unpretencious entertainment.
Rated 13 Jun 2008
70
28th
The CG was not perfect, and was distractingly bad at times, but it was still a lot of fun and very enjoyable.
Rated 02 Nov 2008
75
59th
Enjoyable trash.
Rated 05 Aug 2009
85
46th
Meaningless, but fun
Rated 04 Jul 2009
74
52nd
Fun stuff, with over-the-top action and a campy tone, and with Clive Owen providing a nice dead-pan hero.
Rated 11 Jan 2009
20
3rd
Retarded
Rated 09 Sep 2007
92
92nd
A hero with insane talents of gunmanship is injected into what would normally be a typical crime-genre movie. Each action sequence is determined to outdo the one before. A fun combination of Sin City-style grit and enough humor to show the writers realize how outlandish everything is. If you can get into the right mindset, it's lots of fun.
Rated 11 Mar 2008
90
98th
if you take this film seriously then you'll think its ridiculous but if you don't then you can see its amazing...........ness
Rated 28 Apr 2008
78
69th
cool flick
Rated 26 Jan 2008
75
71st
It's Crank but even more preposterous. Not as good though it's still a lot of fun. "Eat your vegetables" Fucking classic.
Rated 12 Feb 2011
80
29th
Pure B movie popcorn & brewski style entertainment, sustained by the great chemistry between Clive Owen's vegatable munching super marksman & Paul Giamatti's wisecracking killer. Fun stuff.
Rated 26 Feb 2008
55
31st
I have to give props for the incredibly cliched one liners and Clive Owen's hot ass.
Rated 21 Jan 2008
8
83rd
Blatently a parody, homage, or self aware idiocy. An extremely fun modern grindhouse film. Some very eye rolling lines, but still very well produced hilarious action cheese. Leagues ahead of Bad Boys.
Rated 26 Mar 2009
77
40th
A ridiculous movie that knows it's ridiculous and revels in its ridiculosity. Just roll with it.
Rated 03 Dec 2018
30
15th
It was mindless fun.
Rated 17 Feb 2009
5
31st
Rated 13 Sep 2008
75
68th
The things Clive Owen can do with a carrot...
Rated 18 Jun 2009
80
54th
Very dumb. (And full of cum).
Rated 06 Feb 2011
60
19th
Doesn't compare to Crank, Plant Terror, or even Machete. It has a couple creative action scenes amidst a bevy of repetitive shootouts.
Rated 20 Jan 2013
63
43rd
Quirky.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
70
59th
Actually a lot more fun than I thought(feared).
Rated 03 Jan 2014
66
38th
As preposterous and over-the-top as Shoot 'Em Up may be, its humor and non-stop action make for a very enjoyable film.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
30
3rd
If you like this and Clerks II you are probably a douche. I get that this is parody, I also get that its a steamy pile of donkey dong.
Rated 08 Apr 2010
35
12th
Did not work in my opinion.
Rated 08 Aug 2010
89
93rd
cok eglenceli gelmisti bana.
Rated 08 Sep 2007
78
41st
Ludicrously over-the-top action scenes make this a lot of fun, at least most of the time. I thought Giamatti's lines were weak, even for what this movie is trying to be, but he gives a good performance with what he's given. The plot only occasionally gets in the way of the various action set-ups and payoffs, which just keep on coming.
Rated 14 Jun 2013
80
77th
My 800th review for my website. This movie lives up to the names, and is completely over the top. Things. I. Love.
Rated 15 May 2008
85
72nd
Total guy movie, pure fun.
Rated 08 Sep 2007
95
93rd
Freakin' sweet!
Rated 04 Oct 2016
78
50th
A stupid action movie. Enjoyable
Rated 25 Sep 2010
63
34th
Ultimate cheeseball, works some of the time, is annoying the rest. Some pretty ridiculous action scenes if that's your thing.
Rated 25 Dec 2007
79
56th
lol.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
1
11th
It's enjoyable at times, but it's so annoyingly obvious in its camera-winking parody that I can't recommend it.
Rated 02 Oct 2020
56
4th
rubbish!
Rated 16 Sep 2015
93
51st
After saving a newborn infant from assassins, carrot-crunching gunman Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) teams up with a prostitute named DQ (Monica Bellucci) to protect the baby from further attacks. With hit man Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hot on their trail, Smith and DQ uncover a dying senator's plot to harvest bone marrow from babies just like the one in their arms.
Rated 06 Mar 2008
77
77th
Highly interesting cast. Story and directing are too complicated for that simple movie. Lots of exploding action. Interesting new point of view of action movie. Pretty masculine story, what else. I prefer Payback kind of tough movies.
Rated 02 Sep 2015
95
98th
B Movie Glory!
Rated 21 Dec 2007
70
17th
I was expecting a non stop action fest like crank, although it did have its moments, i just didn't really care for it.
Rated 02 Apr 2011
50
0th
retarded action movie
Rated 01 Sep 2010
87
78th
Works as both a kick-ass action movie and a parody of action movies.
Rated 30 Jul 2010
40
5th
I know this was over the top on purpose, but it was just ridiculous (and not in a good way). Unfunny.
Rated 29 Aug 2011
67
33rd
Good film! Was just missing a little something is all..
Rated 29 Jan 2010
60
51st
I kind of liked its silliness. Paul Giamatti is hilarious in this.
Rated 03 May 2009
40
11th
It's somewhat clever and original, but it's also directed more like a conventional action flick than an over the top satire, and that's the big mistake the director makes.
Rated 03 Dec 2007
65
53rd
it's trash. it's corny. it's utterly ridiculous. it's fun.

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