(Also appears on ShaunMunro.co.uk) Director: Michael Davis Cast: Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, Clive Owen Release Date: September 7th (US), September 14th (UK) Certificate: R (US), 18 (UK) What is most evident about Michael Davis' 86-minute shot-of-adrenaline, aptly titled "Shoot 'Em Up", is that it does exactly as it advertises - the film, with as much sex, violence and foul language as Davis was able to cram into the running time, lands mere steps away from some of the overly outlandish fare from Looney Tunes cartoons. Moreover, as the bodies begin to form a rather sizable pile, the film can't be too far a cry from a ...  Read the complete review

For me this was one of those films that kept me at the edge of the seat and waiting to see what would happen next, though admittedly some of the lines and scenes are a little cheesy. The film stars Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti and Monica Beluuci andstarts off with a scene of a guy sitting in a bus stop slowly eating a carrot. A pregnant woman struggles past him panting and gasping and makes her way down an alleyway. As the guy looks round he sees a car come screeching around the corner, smash into some parked cars and then a guy emerges from the vehicle with a pistol and follows the woman. Already you are intrigued by the story behind what's going ...  Read the complete review

If you like guns with a dash of comedy then this is the film for you. I didn't know anything about this film apart from the fact that it starred Clive Owen and involved a lot of shooting, I certainly didn't expect it to involve Clive Owen looking after a baby for the whole duration of the film. Its quite a simple film with and easy to follow story line, but what sets it apart from the rest is the humour it portrays throughout the film along with the shooting, never have I seen in a film one man alone kill around 500 people, not sure if thats accurate but it sure as hell seemed like he killed that many. I don't want to say too much about the story as not a great deal ...  Read the complete review

Shoot 'Em Up is a modern hip update of the many ludicrous action movies that Arnie, Stallone et al made throughout the 80's. It has a storyline that is possibly THE stupidest ever put onto celluloid in recent memory and is chock full of action and action with a little bit of action thrown in. Clive Owen is the hero, a British 'nanny' with attitude who is sitting on a park bench when a pregnant woman comes rushing by being chased by a thug. Being the nice guy he is he decides to intervene and help her out. Unfortunately for him the thug is not alone and he soon discovers he is caught up in a complicated plot to kill the baby. Mr. Smith (our hero) ...  Read the complete review

A few weeks ago, I declared Run Fatboy Run the most pointless film of 2007. Well, I guess pointless films are like buses. You wait ages for one, then two come along at once, because The Fatboy has already been deposed by Shoot ‘em up. Shoot ‘em up is precisely the sort of film I normally hate due to its complete lack of substance. It has no plot, no characters and no purpose. Oh, and the body count makes Kill Bill look like a tender love story. The plot, for what it is worth goes something like this. Clive Owen delivers a baby from a pregnant woman who is promptly shot, leaving Owen holding the baby. Clive Owen kills some bad guys. Clive Owen kills ...  Read the complete review