Release
Date: January 01, 2008 Studio: New Line Cinema Director: Michael Davis Screenwriter: Michael Davis Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Greg Bryk, Chris
Jericho, Stephen McHattie, Jane McLean, Daniel Pilon
Plot Summary: A gritty, fast-paced action thriller, "Shoot 'Em Up" kicks
into high gear with a memorable opening scene and never relents. Clive Owen
stars as Mr. Smith, a mysterious loner who teams up with an unlikely ally
(Monica Belluci) to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal (Paul
Giamatti) who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city. "Shoot 'Em Up" is
written and directed by Michael Davis ("Monster Man")
Extras:
"Ballet of Bullets: The
Making of Shoot 'Em Up,"
deleted scenes, animatics,
more. (New Line).
Shoot 'Em Up Release
Date: September 7, 2007 Studio: New Line Cinema Director: Michael Davis Screenwriter: Michael Davis Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Greg Bryk, Chris
Jericho, Stephen McHattie, Jane McLean, Daniel Pilon Genre: Action, Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive strong bloody violence, sexuality and some
language) Official Website: ShootEmUpmovie.com
Plot Summary: A gritty, fast-paced action thriller, "Shoot 'Em Up" kicks
into high gear with a memorable opening scene and never relents. Clive Owen
stars as Mr. Smith, a mysterious loner who teams up with an unlikely ally
(Monica Belluci) to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal (Paul
Giamatti) who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city. "Shoot 'Em Up" is
written and directed by Michael Davis ("Monster Man")
EN 5 Second Review:
Now this is a movie made for and by men. Who needs plot
when we can have a body count like this.
This
wet dream for action junkies leaves out logic and motivation --
you know, all the boring stuff Peter Travers: Rolling Stone It’s eighty-two minutes of hardcore
pow. Clive Owen, relieved of saving the world a la Children of Men, is
having a ball as Mr. Smith, a loner who’d kill you as fast with a carrot
as with a gun. His mission, other than spewing one-liners and hitting on
a hooker (megababe Monica Bellucci), is to save a baby from the clutches
of gun-crazy Hertz (Paul Giamatti)....more
Good
taste is the first fatality in this gonzo thrill-seeker,
sure to offend mainstream dispositions, yet too
stylistically audacious to dismiss outright Peter Debruge: Variety
Director Michael Davis makes the transition from
straight-to-DVD stinkers to the bigscreen in conspicuous
fashion, with an action movie that is violent and vile in
equal measure. When hitman Paul Giamatti is dispatched to
assassinate a pregnant woman, not-so-innocent bystander
Clive Owen intervenes on the baby's behalf, unleashing a
firefight of epic proportions...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Now this is a movie made for and by men. Who needs plot
when we can have a body count like this.
Good
taste is the first fatality in this gonzo thrill-