Shoot'em Up

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2007-09-08 20:02

I walked out of the movie theatre with a mixed feeling of guilty pleasure and repulse. It is too much violence and some unnecessary vulgarness even lots of humor could not save. Some of the lines, if anyone else has to deliver it, would be just awful. But Clive Owen is so hot/cool I ok with anything he says.

Even my pregnant girlfriend complaint "He should not have killed so many people for just pretecting one baby", and I was like "oh'they are all bad guys and professional killers, besides it's meant to be a parody."

Paul Giamatti was vicious and vicously hilarious.

I don't know if this is intentionally but 5 minutes into the movie he cursed "F__k me sideways".

In the effort to keep the actions going none stop, director basicly made both characters sheer genius. They can always effortlessly find each other and start a new round of shooting. But I have to say, if you love action movie, this is a treat. Some action scenes are very original and creative. But does plot make sense? Nahhhhh.

Last but not least. The sex scene...hmm...well, if not for the violence it could have been good. After all, it is between Monica Bellucci and Clive Owen, and it is actually very hot. And by violence I don't mean kinky stuff.

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2007-09-08 20:22

aiya! xiao K you are torturing me.

The filmmaker sounds like a Taratino wannabe. I'm totally not into that comic book, boy fantasy stuff. But is a viciously hilarious Giamatti worth a peek?

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2007-09-08 20:34

Oh it will be totally worth your time, besides the film is short and sweet, only 80 min.
I like the Michael Davis's no-nonsense style. He came up with a series of original action scenes and he did only that, no stuffing, no garnish. I frowned a few times but I was not bored for a second.

花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2007-09-10 9:46

Gosh, he's saving a baby AGAIN? We should coin him zee baby saver. And call Jodie Foster the baby hunter/seeker

BTW, has anyone seen 3:10 to Yuma?
OK I'd add this to my weekend plan then. I think I would like it.

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2007-09-13 13:03

Robert Ebert's Review

That I liked "Shoot 'em Up" is a consequence of a critical quirk I sometimes notice: I may disapprove of a movie for going too far, and yet have a sneaky regard for a movie that goes much, much farther than merely too far. This one goes so far, if you even want to get that far, you have to start half-way there, which means you have to be a connoisseur of the hard-boiled action genre and its serio-comic subdivision (or sub-basement).
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花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2007-09-13 13:43

He sounds like G W Bush

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2007-09-13 14:00

But in a cute way

He also concluded: "Davis likes movies about men who will go to any lengths for a woman." I guess this very hidden romantic core value has saved the whole movie, at least for me.

花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2007-09-13 14:05

OKOK I'll go and watch it. BTW, this morning I heard the movie review about Yuma, saying it's a terrific western movie, even better than Eastwood's Forgiven. A villain in the movie was especially well protrayed and Russell Crowe was very good in the movie. They say the ending is quite nice, you'll have to think for a while afte the movie ends and realize that there's probably no better way to end it like that.

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2007-09-13 15:04

I just want to see a mean and evil Paul Giamatti.

The high-profile movie this season seems to be David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promise" (Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen).

tiffany · Post by **tiffany** » 2008-11-09 19:55

报告，报告，我老在百忙之中终于在昨天晚上看了这部片子。看得很高兴啊！这片儿好像80年代末90年代中的香港枪战片儿-----男主随便扔出去一手雷，方圆两里地飞出一片尸体。男主岂止天才善于找到对手啊，命也出奇好啊，一跳桥逃命桥下落脚处就停一红色的，有天窗（！）宝马。打斗设计的很有想象力，尤其倒数第二段儿，大家们背着降落伞在半空里打着滚儿的对射，我当即觉得肯定有香港人参与，一查果然cinematographer乃是香港出身的peter pau，哈哈哈。pa不parody的，反正血性暴力不用脑子，看得我很开心。

我现在好像退化到只能看这种片子了，---- 我应该再看看英雄，打得多么的唯美，故事多么的白痴。

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2008-11-09 20:26

这片儿挺好玩的，我认定编导是在向吴宇森的“辣手神探”致敬。抱着孩子打打杀杀的，不就是周润发医院那段吗？