Zachary FenellShoot 'Em Up
December 19th 2008 21:22
Shoot Em Up, 2007
You will never look at a carrot the same way again.
When the hubby wanted to rent Shoot 'Em Up, I was only passingly interested. I'm a chick, and while I do appreciate the occasional action flick, I like there to be some kind of purpose to it. That is NOT what this movie has (per se), but it is definitely the Top Three of my favorite action flicks of all time, partly because Clive Owen manages to use the full range of his acting ability (all one faces) and partly because it's so ridiculously over the top you're left wondering what the writing sessions were like.
"Dude... how about this... so, he leaps out of the passage, fires to both sides while looking straight ahead, hits the guys waiting to ambush him, and then--"
"No, man! Check this out! So, he's already made a pile of bodies, right, and one guy gets up, but he shoots the back of the filing cabinet--"
"Forget that, dude! He has this pet trained rat, see..."
The writer(s) sat around and tried to come up with as many crazy, insane action moves and one-liners as they could, and then put them all together. Yes, they used all of them.
I give this 4 stars. Not safe for kids - at all - and it's also not for the weak-stomached or easily offended. Seriously. Sit this one out if you have a problem with Dairy Queens (and I don't mean the fast-food chain).
4 Stars
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