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Clive Owen
Monica Bellucci
Paul Giamatti
Chris Jericho
Ramona Pringle
Dru Viergever

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Mr. Smith becomes a reluctant father and protector of a baby delivered during a late-night shoot out that takes the life of the child's mother. After meeting up with a lactating hooker, the implausible family searches for an answer while dodging bullets and dealing death. -- Chris aka Tarkin

10/22/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

"Banging"

This is one of those movies that are what they are. Once you get through the first 5 minutes you realize that it is absent of all realism. When they finally started getting into the plot it was like " uuhh okay." The babies are being bred to give bone marrow to a presidential candidate, but someone hates this idea and kills all the mothers but one gets away. ..for a little while. Then they have this crazy carrot obsessed maniac coming in out of nowhere and shooting every body up, while meanwhile he and a hooker try to care for the newly orphaned baby. Whatever...they needed to make the movie about SOMETHING, right? Once I realized that this was purely for visual effect I was able to sit back and admire the creative ways that Owen was able to handle a gun. He could shoot while delivering ...

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2.5/4 

09/18/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

65%

Action: 3 / 3, Comedy: 0.5 / 2, Good vs Evil: 1 / 1, Love/Sex: 1 / 1, Special Effects: 1 / 1, Plot: 0 / 1, Music: 0 / 1 = 65% or 6.5 / 10, which is 2 / 4 stars.

A pure tribute to action sequences so turn off the brain and enjoy the rollercoaster!

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2/4 

09/12/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Over-the-top extravaganza

I want to rate this higher, but my conscience won't allow it; it's an intense balls-to-the-wall action extravaganza, but it just doesn't make any sense, has a lame sense of humor and lives in a universe of its own rules (which just doesn't work for me). At best, it certainly doesn't waste any time. Final Grade: C+

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2.5/4 

04/20/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Great intense action, witty dialog

Highly entertaining and fun to watch. It is such a fast paced movie it is no wonder it is only 86 minutes long, and it feels even shorter. Most of the movie was so unbelievable that there were several times where I was in utter disbelief because none of the stunts could ever happen. But this didn't really detract from me enjoying the film, it just made it feel more like the old Action films where the bad guys had terrible aim and the heroes never have to reload.

There really isn't much substance to the film, but it is called "Shoot 'Em Up" so if you are going to watch it for a great plot you want to have your self checked out anyhow. Clive Owen gives Jason Statham (Transporter) a good run for his money as a crazy action star.

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2.5/4