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Shoot 'Em Up (2007) -- 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.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   58,070 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Michael Davis (written by)
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Release Date:
7 September 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
Just another family man making a living. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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(69 articles)
User Comments:
Shoot 'Em Up: The most fun I have had in a movie theater since Grindhouse more (396 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive strong bloody violence, sexuality and some language.
Runtime:
86 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There is a slight Warner Brothers theme throughout the film, with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) is wise cracking and only eats carrots throughout the film, whilst Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hunts him like a darker Elmer Fudd (note the similar facial structure). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the car scene where Smith shoots out the windshield of his car and the van full of assassins the glass breaks into a few large pieces which easily fall out of his way. Car (and van) windshields are made out of two pieces of glass with a sheet of polymer or laminate between. This means that when broken (even if shot) the windshield will break into many small pieces, but these pieces will be held in position by the laminate. The glass used in the two vehicles for this scene are obviously not 'real' windshields. Furthermore, in a head-on collision of two vehicles traveling at the depicted speed, Smith should have been propelled all the way through the van's cabin, probably hitting his head against the back door. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
1st Killer: You're dead, bitch!
[walks past Smith]
1st Killer: What the hell you looking at?
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Movie Connections:
References Pale Rider (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Play with Your Pussy more

FAQ

What song plays when? (SPOILERS)
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105 out of 161 people found the following comment useful.
Shoot 'Em Up: The most fun I have had in a movie theater since Grindhouse, 7 September 2007
9/10
Author: STFU_Donny from United States

I had been looking forward to this movie for months, so walking in, I had somewhat high expectations. Walking out, I felt very satisfied and that I had gotten more than my money's worth.

You are going to be hard-pressed to find a movie more over the top than Shoot 'Em Up. What Michael Davis does here is take every action movie cliché (i.e. firing two guns while jumping through the air, shooting guns out of speeding cars, etc.) and takes it to a whole new level entirely. It works namely because the violence here is just so creative. Sure, it defies all logic most of the time, but I was laughing and having a rip-roaring time throughout.

Clive Owen is perfectly cast as the carrot-chomping, gun-toting smart aleck hero and has no shortage of cheesy puns (that score big laughs). The rest of the cast does well, but really, it's Clive's show.

The "plot" is pretty much non-existent other than about a half dozen scenes of slightly forced dialogue. The purpose behind these scenes is more to give the audience a couple of minutes to catch it's collective breath between action scenes than it is to develop an actual story. And really, if you went to this movie expecting an in-depth character drama, you picked the wrong film.

At a little under an hour and a half, Shoot 'Em Up successfully delivers a perfect dosage of action, guns and puns without overstaying it's welcome. I'll be sure to see it at least a couple more times while it is still in theaters.

Plus, it has Mötley Crüe's, "Kickstart my Heart". What more could you ask for?

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