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Newline Shoot 'Em Up (Blu-ray)
A man named Mr. Smith (Owen) delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn fromthe army of gunmen.

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Every action movie has a moment so over the top you have to laugh; Shoot 'Em Up consists of nothing but these moments. A carrot-eating, lone wolf kind of guy named Smith (Clive Owen, Children of Men, Inside Man) steps in to protect a pregnant woman from a gunman--and finds himself, with the aid of a lactating prostitute (Monica Belluci, The Matrix Revisited), defending the newborn child from a sleazy contract killer Mr. Hertz (Paul Giamatti, American Splendor, Sideways) and his army of thugs. That's pretty much the plot, but story is beside the point. Writer/director Michael Davis (Monster Man) has a keen sense of what matters in an action movie. The rapid-fire editing is scrupulously coherent; you always grasp what happened in every shoot-out, even if it flagrantly violates the laws of physics or basic plausibility. Explaining how Smith survives a four-story fall--even if that explanation is beyond ridiculous--demonstrates both a sense of wit and a winking respect for the audience's imagination. As a result, Shoot 'Em Up is ten times more entertaining than the likes of Transformers or Rush Hour 3, movies so self-satisfied with special effects or movie stars that they forgot to be fun. (Shoot 'Em Up's only weakness is a sliver of misogyny, the one action movie cliche that it's not clever enough to transcend.) --Bret Fetzer

Rating : - You know what I hate..............?
O.K., this has to be said....."Shoot 'Em Up" is by far, the best double entendre laden, cliche' riddled, testosterone drenched film of the year! You can't but laugh all the way through this film. C'mon, where else can you see a bad guy looking good making "good" guys look bad?! I knew Clive Owen would do good here, if his stint in "Sin City" was any indicator. For those who didn't like this film, you take yourselves and this film, too seriously! Sure, there were stunts that absolutely defy the laws of physics, armed goons who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a machine gun (and some of them DID have machine guns!), not to mention a bulletproof baby with a penchant for headbanging music,along with the ubiquitous hooker with a heart of gold, but hey, what were you expecting? Just by the LOOK of the cover art, this couldn't have been anything else!

All the principles played their parts to the hilt! Clive Owen, it seems, came from the Steve McQueen school of acting. Monica Belucci is as gorgeous as ever, and Paul Giamatti played Owens' foil perfectly! The guns. MY GAAWWD! The guns were all over the place (I bet the Anti-Gunners were beside themselves), and the carrots. I'll bet Owen never wants to see another carrot for the rest of his life!

"Shoot 'Em Up" is a popcorn flick of the first order! For all the haters, go back to watching "Mary Poppins" or something. In the meantime, I'll be watching "Shoot 'Em Up" again! You could do worse, but why would you?!