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Shoot 'Em Up

[2007, Movie]

Shoot 'Em Up: Review

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If there were an Academy Award for truth in labeling, writer-director Michael Davis' deliriously trashy mash-up of John Woo and Loony Toons would be a lock. Mysterious "Mr. Smith" (Clive Owen) is minding his own business at a late-night bus stop when a hugely pregnant woman (Ramona Pringle) lumbers past and waddles into an alley, pursued by a thug. Smith decides to intervene — she's a pregnant woman, for heavens sake! — and before he knows it he's fighting a pitc... read more

Shoot 'Em Up: TV Guide News

DVD Tuesday: Sex, Violence, Endangered Baby: I love Shoot 'Em Up! | Ask FlickChick | 1/15/2008
DVD Tuesday: A girl, a gun, a baby and Clive Owen careen through this sly meta-action movie romp in an exhilarating hail of bulletsWriter-director Michael Davis' deliriously trashy mash-up of John Woo and Loony Toons was greeted by a mix of scathing denunciations and cluelessly slavering encomiums applauding its over-the-top excesses; rare was the reviewer who deigned to notice its sly, poignantly affectionate deconstruction of contemporary action-movie clichés. Shoot 'Em Up tanked at the box office, but I suspect it's going to find its following on DVD, where each and every knowingly audacious frame can be frozen and savored. An itinerant, carrot-chomping, down-on-his-luck man with no name (Clive Owen) — come on, "Mr. Smith" is not a name — is waiting at a deserted big-city bus stop in the middle of a dark, dark night when a hugely pregnant woman waddles by with a gun-toting thug in hot pursuit. Smith intervenes — you just know he once knew someone like her,... read more
Box Office: 3:10 to Yuma Shows How the West Is No. 1 | Today's News: Our Take | 9/10/2007
Maximus plus Batman equals success. The Russell Crowe- and Christian Bale-fronted Western 3:10 to Yuma topped the weekend box office, taking in $14.1 million in its debut. Last week's chart-topper, Rob Zombie's Halloween ($10 million), slipped to the No. 2 spot.Rounding out the top five were Superbad ($8 million), Balls of Fury ($5.7 mil) and The Bourne Ultimatum ($5.48 mil).Clive Owen's Shoot 'Em Up opened at No. 6 with $5.45 mil, barely half of its studio's anticipated gross. read more

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Posted: 11/17/2007

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Year: 2007
Rated R

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Clive Owen: Smith
Paul Giamatti: Hertz
Monica Bellucci: Donna Quintano
Stephen McHattie: Hammerson
Greg Bryk: Lone Man
Daniel Pilon: Senator Rutledge

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