Shoot Em Up Review

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What begins with a random birth of a child, Mr. Smith finds himself in a weird world where someone is trying to kill him! But why? This movie is just non stop thrills, little on the story and full of violence on its way to get through a convoluted plot, and feed action junkies.

Here’s a little more of a synopsis according to wikipedia.org

“The film follows Smith, a down-and-out squatter with both an extensive military background and a fondness for carrots, who wants nothing more than to be left alone. Smith finds himself embroiled in a complex political conspiracy once he aids a pregnant woman who is being chased by a hitman. He takes the baby and goes on the run with a lactating prostitute The unlikely family is trailed by the intelligent and ruthless Hertz and his army of thugs. A myriad of elaborate gunfights ensue, between which Smith pieces together the plot. A United States Senator who strongly supported gun control had been breeding babies for bone marrow to cure his cancer; a prominent gun manufacturer contracted Hertz to kill the babies, effectively killing the Senator.”

This movie is filled with unbelievable, ludicrous moments. Not since Transporter 2 was I bored from the stupidity of a situation. This film is just five or ten lines of dialogue, leading into another action sequence that is just a gun blazing…

Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good action film, but there has to be more of a plot than just a mysterious baby that people are trying to kill; at least throw me some one liners from Arnold or Stallone…this movie was pathetic.

The saving graces of this film involve things that anyone can add to their film. Heck, if you were to make a porno and add these elements, I’ll give it four stars:

  • 1) Nirvana – Nirvana is heard in this film, sparking an interesting conversation between my wife and I about how Courtney Love has done nothing but make cash on her husbands music. Notice we don’t hear a lot of Hole songs in films.
  • 2) Motorhead – They play Ace of Spades, and that my friends saves this film from getting a low rating.
  • 3) The child (the baby) calms down and stops crying when listening to heavy metal music. They even give the kid some headphones and it quietly slumbers to the metal edge of the music. Now that’s awesome!

Outside of these elements, there is no reason to watch this film. The story is a mish mash of things, and the ending just makes me want to throw my drink at the screen. A rental at best, but even that will have you saying, “Yeah…Right” a lot.

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