Shoot 'Em Up

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Shoot 'Em Up

R

2007

1h 27m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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After saving a newborn infant from assassins, carrot-crunching gunman Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) teams up with a prostitute named DQ (Monica Bellucci) to protect the baby from further attacks. With hit man Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hot on their trail, Smith and DQ uncover a dying senator's plot to harvest bone marrow from babies just like the one in their arms.

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Critics Consensus

As preposterous and over-the-top as Shoot 'Em Up may be, its humor and non-stop action make for a very enjoyable film.

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

07/23/2008

Merrily amoral, shamelessly watchable and outlandishly funny, Shoot 'Em Up is not for all tastes, but those with a dark sense of humor will have a ball.

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

05/01/2008

1/5

Say what you will about Bugs Bunny, at least he never needed a backstory.

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Christy Lemire

Associated Press

01/03/2008

After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/27/2020

8/10

Resembles a Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner episode doused with blood, gore, torture ... and absolutely nothing for kids.

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Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

11/03/2012

4/5

Far from being a spoof on the genre, Shoot 'Em Up is an action movie with the flab removed - with no more than maybe ten minutes of exposition, you're left with a series of interconnecting money shots, each one more gooey than the last.

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Jeff Otto

ReelzChannel.com

02/09/2011

7/10

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Sep 19

An over the top action film with more than enough blood, guts and violence to satisfy. I'll never look at carrots the same way again.

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Guilherme M

@RT21202523 Sep 18

What can i say? Shoot 'Em Down is a good action movie, not flawless, but it is enjoyable for the well made action scenes and the spice of humor. That baby must be really tough to hear gun fires and stay calm, well, what can i say about a metalhead baby? Also, Nirvana music. That's enough for me.

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Hunt G

@HuntGod May 20

On paper I should love this movie but it just misses the mark and I can't adequately explain why, the vulgar stupid irreverence is the kind of thing I love but it's just a little off.

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Ivar A

@RT81107985 04/06/2025

This is the most nonsensical, weird, bizarre, horribly-acted movie that I've seen; I kept cringing the whole time. Some people try to defend it, but I just think it's for people with very poor taste. Would never recommend my worst enemy to watch this. Painfully boring. The only good thing about the film is Monica Belluci's beauty. How can I give it a quarter of a star?

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Korra N

@RT88131552 02/02/2025

Over-the-top & cartoonishly silly, Shoot 'em Up is a wildly fun action movie with some hilarious moments & stupidly fun sequences.

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Lewis M

@RT18428785 11/14/2024

This movie is so ridiculous and over the top that it's actually a great comedy.

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Synopsis

After saving a newborn infant from assassins, carrot-crunching gunman Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) teams up with a prostitute named DQ (Monica Bellucci) to protect the baby from further attacks. With hit man Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hot on their trail, Smith and DQ uncover a dying senator's plot to harvest bone marrow from babies just like the one in their arms.

Director: Michael Davis
Producer: Michael Davis, Susan Montford, Don Murphy, Rick Benattar
Screenwriter: Michael Davis
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexuality|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.8M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)