Tempe Arizona Movie Review "Shoot ' Em Up"

First of all let me try to put this movie into some perspective, before reviewing the film for you.

• Every Review I read on this film said it was BAD, Really BAD,
• You need to be in a certain mindset before you see this film such as drunk or loosened up.
• Expect this to be a very unrealistic slap stick type action film.

Ok,

The housekeeping items are now done, I will now review.

Shoot Em ' Up reminded me of a film that the stars: Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti, lost a bet and were forced to make this film. Attached is the synopsis:

Clive Owen stars in this gritty, over the top action thriller as Mr. Smith, a gun-toting badass with a hair trigger and an unknown past. He's far from a doctor and farther from a parent, but when he unwittingly discovers an innocent woman delivering a baby right in the middle of a gunfight, Smith enters the fray to save her and though the woman expires, he is the one left in care of the orphaned child. He thinks that the killers were after the woman, but soon he realizes that they had a far more unlikely target: the baby. Smith's regular company is a seedy underworld full of unsavory characters, so he takes the child to the closest thing he knows to a mother: a sultry prostitute played by Monica Bellucci, who specializes in clientele with a mommy fetish. Teamed with his hot but unlikely partner, Smith unloads barrel after barrel to protect the mysterious baby from Mr. Hertz, a ruthless criminal mastermind played by Paul Giamatti. Smith plans to figure out why Hertz and his thugs are after the baby, but if he can't uncover the truth, he'll settle for leaving them all dead in the process.

by: Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

Ok back to my review. This is not a chick-flick, so please leave the girlfriends and wives at home and call your buddy who loves cheesy action films. If you decide to watch on DVD, please put the kids to bed, send your wife out with the girls and invite your buddies and buy a 12 pack for your comrades. This movie is endless pointless violence with more one liners then a Arnold Schwarzenegger film. I laughed at so many parts and was entertained by this pointless film. However, if you do not have the right mindset, and expect to see an academy awarding winning performance, please pass on this one.

for action, comedy and violence I give this 4 out of 4 stars.

Overall this film will be a 1 out of 4 stars if you do not have the right mindset from the beginning.

Also, if you are trying to stick to a budget and do not like spending money for a poorly done film, please wait for DVD.