Rotten
After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Shoot 'Em Up
Just another family man making a living.
2007 · 1h 26m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Davis
Overview
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Director and cast
- Michael Davis Director
- Clive Owen as Smith
- Monica Bellucci as Donna Quintano
- Paul Giamatti as Hertz
- Stephen McHattie as Hammerson
- Greg Bryk as Lone Man
- Daniel Pilon as Senator Rutledge
- Sidney Mende-Gibson as Baby Oliver
- Lucas Mende-Gibson as Baby Oliver
- Kaylyn Yellowlees as Baby Oliver
- Ramona Pringle as Baby's Mother
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One can certainly be amused and entertained by writer-director Michael Davis's hyperbolic action frolics -- I was -- but not without feeling pretty low and stupid.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
...an affectionate, often very funny Simpsons parody of its whole eponymous genre. It's a live-action McBane as co-directed by Quentin Tarantino and Chuck Jones.... Shoot 'Em Up is Hot Fuzz gone to the Dark Side.
Mark Bourne, Film.com
Fresh
It's just gunfights strung together, without a whisper of coherence or meaning.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
The most audacious, implausible, cheerfully offensive, hyperactive action picture I've seen since, oh, Sin City, which in comparison was a chamber drama.
Roger Ebert, Denver Post
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