Product Description

Clive Owen Paul Giamatti and Monica Bellucci star. Also included are deleted scenes making of the film 15 minutes of writer/director Michael Davis' original animatics and more!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME UPC: 794043112331 Manufacturer No: 1000035231

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #724 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2008-01-01
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Digital Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Italian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 86 minutes

Amazon.com
Every action movie has a moment so over the top you have to laugh; Shoot 'Em Up consists of nothing but these moments. A carrot-eating, lone wolf kind of guy named Smith (Clive Owen, Children of Men, Inside Man) steps in to protect a pregnant woman from a gunman--and finds himself, with the aid of a lactating prostitute (Monica Belluci, The Matrix Revisited), defending the newborn child from a sleazy contract killer Mr. Hertz (Paul Giamatti, American Splendor, Sideways) and his army of thugs. That's pretty much the plot, but story is beside the point. Writer/director Michael Davis (Monster Man) has a keen sense of what matters in an action movie. The rapid-fire editing is scrupulously coherent; you always grasp what happened in every shoot-out, even if it flagrantly violates the laws of physics or basic plausibility. Explaining how Smith survives a four-story fall--even if that explanation is beyond ridiculous--demonstrates both a sense of wit and a winking respect for the audience's imagination. As a result, Shoot 'Em Up is ten times more entertaining than the likes of Transformers or Rush Hour 3, movies so self-satisfied with special effects or movie stars that they forgot to be fun. (Shoot 'Em Up's only weakness is a sliver of misogyny, the one action movie cliche that it's not clever enough to transcend.) --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Quite frankly the worst movie ever made
I missed this movie in the theatres so when I saw it for sale on DVD I had to pick it up. BIG MISTAKE. This movie is beyond over the top. The plot sucks, the action is sooooo far fetched it makes this movie ridiculous. Watching this movie was like torture. Please save your hard earned money and DO NOT buy this movie. If you don't believe me, rent it first. I guarantee you after you watch the first 10 minutes you will turn it off. The main chararcter (Owen) actually kills a bad guy with a carrot.
HORRIBLE movie.

Can't look away
I happened upon this movie just passing through and suddenly I was spellbound. Partly out of concern for the baby and then I had to know the "why" of it all. I sat on the sofa thirsty and wanting out of my work clothes but I could not take my eyes off the screen. Highly recommended.

This ain't no "SIN CITY"!
The plot was NON-existent... ok there was something of a plot, but then it turned on itself to MAKE NO PLOT. A movie about mindless...MINDLESS and impossible shooting/killing coupled with an anti-gun attack on the U.S. Constition 2nd Ammendment rights. Paul G. cops a feel on the boob of a dead/shot-through-the-head lactating mother??? and this is entertainment? While the "hero" is in the middle of having sex, he simultainiously shoots badguys all the time with his woman wrapped around him, moaning with pleasure and ignorant of the bullets flying past her skull.... and this is entertainment?? maybe mindless, idiotic, loaded with BAD TASTE entertainment. How Clive Owen got roped into this one is beyond me. Save your money on this one and pick up "Sin City" from Amazon if you want kool action WITH A PLOT and good writing.