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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Michael Davis (written by)
Release Date:
7 September 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Just another family man making a living. more
Plot:
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations
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(66 articles)
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Shoot 'Em Up: The most fun I have had in a movie theater since Grindhouse
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Clive Owen | ... | Smith |
 | Paul Giamatti | ... | Hertz |
 | Monica Bellucci | ... | Donna Quintano |
 | Stephen McHattie | ... | Hammerson |
 | Greg Bryk | ... | Lone Man |
 | Daniel Pilon | ... | Senator Rutledge |
| Sidney Mende-Gibson | ... | Baby Oliver |
| Lucas Mende-Gibson | ... | Baby Oliver |
| Kaylyn Yellowlees | ... | Baby Oliver |
 | Ramona Pringle | ... | Baby's Mother |
 | Julian Richings | ... | Hertz's Driver |
| Tony Munch | ... | Man Who Rides Shotgun |
| Scott McCord | ... | Killer Shot in Behind |
 | Wiley M. Pickett | ... | 1st Killer (as Wiley Pickett) |
| Stephen R. Hart | ... | Club Bouncer |
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive strong bloody violence, sexuality and some language.
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Runtime:
86 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Ireland:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R (certificate #43319) |
South Korea:18 |
Finland:K-15 |
Singapore:M18 |
Australia:R |
Germany:18 |
Netherlands:16 |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 |
Argentina:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Malaysia:18SG |
Philippines:R-13 |
Sweden:15 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Taiwan:R-18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:R-15 |
Brazil:16 |
Australia:MA (cable rating) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) drives two cars in this film. Both are BMWs and another reference to his previous role as "The Driver" in the BMW Film series.
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Continuity: The hammer on Smith's Sig-Sauer is up and down through out the scene in which he holds Senator Rutledge hostage on the plane.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
1st Killer: You're dead, bitch!
[walks past Smith]
1st Killer: What the hell you looking at?
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1st Killer: You're dead, bitch!
[walks past Smith]
1st Killer: What the hell you looking at?
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Soundtrack:
Zen
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I had been looking forward to this movie for months, so walking in, I had somewhat high expectations. Walking out, I felt very satisfied and that I had gotten more than my money's worth.
You are going to be hard-pressed to find a movie more over the top than Shoot 'Em Up. What Michael Davis does here is take every action movie cliché (i.e. firing two guns while jumping through the air, shooting guns out of speeding cars, etc.) and takes it to a whole new level entirely. It works namely because the violence here is just so creative. Sure, it defies all logic most of the time, but I was laughing and having a rip-roaring time throughout.
Clive Owen is perfectly cast as the carrot-chomping, gun-toting smart aleck hero and has no shortage of cheesy puns (that score big laughs). The rest of the cast does well, but really, it's Clive's show.
The "plot" is pretty much non-existent other than about a half dozen scenes of slightly forced dialogue. The purpose behind these scenes is more to give the audience a couple of minutes to catch it's collective breath between action scenes than it is to develop an actual story. And really, if you went to this movie expecting an in-depth character drama, you picked the wrong film.
At a little under an hour and a half, Shoot 'Em Up successfully delivers a perfect dosage of action, guns and puns without overstaying it's welcome. I'll be sure to see it at least a couple more times while it is still in theaters.
Plus, it has Mötley Crüe's, "Kickstart my Heart". What more could you ask for?