The sole reason I watched this is because I love Paul Giamatti. It's easily the most ridiculous action film I have ever seen, but done with tongue placed as far as it can get into cheek. It's self-consciously absurd, with next to no plot, zero character development, awful dialogue and loads of guns. The performances are perfectly in sync with the rest of the movie (both Giamatti and Clive Owen play it completely straight, hitting just the right daft tone), and the whole thing achieves what it set out to do. It reminded me of the kind of movie you might watch at 11pm when you're 15 and it's way past your bedtime, then you go to school the next day, ask if anyone else saw it and it turns out all your mates did and you decide between you all that it's the best movie ever, talking endlessly about "did you see that bit when..." and saying things like "that was well bad!!" with big grins and a strong sense that you've just had a good long look through a window meant for grown ups. It's not good for anything much more than that, and nor was it ever meant to be. I quite enjoyed it!
Review of Shoot 'Em Up
