Shoot'Em up

I am skipping the pleasantries and getting right down to business. I am not exactly how I feel about this movie, I am not even sure I can give an effective recap. Clive Owen is Smith, an off the grid former British super soldier that is just trying to stay out of trouble, Paul Giamatti is Hertz, the kind of trouble Smith is trying to avoid and Monic Bellucci is Donna Quintano a lactating prostitute that specializes in... special kind of fetish. The characters are strange enough and the cast is talented enough to make it work, sort of.

The movie is about a baby, a special baby bred for a special purpose, Owen doesn't know the baby is special when he saves the baby's life, but he does and that puts him in Giamatti's cross hairs. Owen goes to Bellucci for help with tacking care of the baby, Giamatti tracks them both down and with a name like Shoot'Em Up, you can imagine what happens.

It is clear that director, Michael Davis was making a tongue and cheek action movie with ridiculous action sequences and spectacular special effects. That is was cool and the cast was cool, but the movie the story, well I guess I should not have expected much. I am guessing that it was written to be ironic and more of a satire, thus the really ridiculous actions scenes, for example a gun fight while sky diving. Either that or Owen and Giamatti read the script and figured this would be a good chance for them to make a movie without having to break a sweat. Owen's character was really a montange of a bunch of other characters he has already played and Giamatti, well I think he so this as his chance to just be rediculous and no one would notice. As for Bellucci, she talented no doubt, this movie doesn't do her much justice, but it definately played up her hotness and yeah she is blazin. That is the sound of Diane Lane getting bumped of the list and replace by Bellucci.

Unless you have a good sense of humor or are able to enjoy a really superficial action movie I would not recommend this. I enjoyed myself, but I was not jumping out of my seat. Some cool visuals, but nothing to go nuts over, well maybe the scene from the hotel, yea good stuff.

GRADE - B-