Shoot 'Em Up is a fantastic flick, which races along at a breakneck pace. There is an unbelievable amount of action, all wrapped up in a script full of biting satire. The film is basically sending up every other action movie, but does it in an affectionate way. The film celebrates the clichés which make action films so much fun. Clive Owen plays Mr Smith, a hotshot gunslinger who steps in to try and save a pregnant woman from some baddies. Cue 80-odd minutes of chase scenes and epic shootouts. Mr Smith munches his way through a number of carrots as he blasts away the bad guys. Along the way he pulls the quite stunning Monica Belluci. The soundtrack is good, the story is funny and the excitement never relents. Whereas so many films today drag on for hours and hours, Shoot 'Em Up is done and dusted well before things go stale. A topnotch movie.
Review of Shoot 'Em Up
