People who rate this movie poorly obviously do not realize that it is a comedy. If you go into it hoping for awesome action and realistic events, prepare to be disappointed. The entire movie is just completely ridiculous action sequences that not only would never happen but never COULD happen in any possible way. It's as if someone took every action scene that got cut from other action movies for being too outrageous or physically impossible and jammed them all into one movie. That is what makes it so funny! There were scenes with no dialogue that had me rolling with laughter. There aren't any dull moments either with someone getting shot pretty much every 10 seconds. The movie was not what I was expecting, but ended up SO much better. It's just plain fun!

An amusing film including thriller, noisy action, punches , and excessive violence with tongue deftly in cheek. This demystified as well as amible action movie deals with a man named Smith : Clive Owen takes care of a baby who he gets during a shootout. He joins forces a beautiful prostitute : Monica Bellucci and both of whom are mercilessly by a suspicious nasty : Paul Guilfoyle . Along the way chases and shootouts take place on and on until the unexpected finale . He isn't name , no past , nothing to lose. It's a better investment than a crib ?. I'm a British nanny, I'm dangerous .

A non-stop action movie with thrills , pursuits, mayhem, and lots of shootouts . A well-developed film with high quality , several surprises and nicely paced . A farcical and disconcerting action-comedy in which there are laughs , slapstick , violence, blood and gore. There are also various nutty roles and improbable happenings that wind out at a final apocalyptic . This violent as well as hilarious action movie is a sort of live-action equivalent of the cartoon series in Warner Bros style , adding action scenes with John Woo choreography . The surprising and twisted script besides having more than its fair scraps of funny lines , throws up sympathetic characters . Duo protagonists : Clive Owen and Mónica Bellucci are very well , while Paul Guilfoyle steals the show as the really baddy but likeable contender . And other secondaries in brief appearances as Stehen McHattie , Greg Bryk , and Daniel Pilon as Senator Rutledge . Nowadays, it is considered to be a cult fave of the early 2000s thanks to its twisted violence along with tongue-in-cheek humor .

The picture is finely amused and agreeable in spite of the high body count and gory events . Efficiently written and directed Michael Davis , though contains some repetitive scenes and eventually lost in camera trickery . Inexplicably, this Shoot'em up being his last one , and formerly making a few movies such as "Monster Man , 100 Girls, Eight Days a Week , Beanstalk and American Girls or Girl Fever" . Rating ; 7.5/10 . Worthwhile seeing . The flick will appeal to Clive Owen fans .

An irreverent send up of action movie cliches that also manages to revel gleefully in them. It's got Clive Owen completely drenched in dedication, its got a bad guy that can't even give a good monologue, its got guns that only need reloading when it's convenient, its got one liners that laugh in the face at the very concept of a one liner. It's got a dark sense of humour but in the same sort of way that something like South Park does; It's harmless, with creative action and some truly laugh out loud gags. It's an indie-rock response to the seriousness of Bourne and the veneered ugliness of Bond. It acknowledges the silliness of action with all its love and heart. And post John Wick, I'm thinking it's time for more. Shoot Em Up is the Garth Merenghi pastiche of action rather than the Scary Movie parody. This film is not for everyone but it is for me.