
Late at night, in an unnamed U.S. city, a solitary man sits at a bus stop. A pregnant woman runs by, pursued by a man with a gun. With reluctance, the man at the bus stop rescues her and assists with the baby's delivery, while additional pursuers fire at them, including the gang's particularly nasty leader, an intuitive man named Hertz. Our hero, known only as Smith, determines to save the child and find out why Hertz wants the baby dead. At a local bordello, he tries to empl... (Full plot summary below)
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Late at night, in an unnamed U.S. city, a solitary man sits at a bus stop. A pregnant woman runs by, pursued by a man with a gun. With reluctance, the man at the bus stop rescues her and assists with the baby's delivery, while additional pursuers fire at them, including the gang's particularly nasty leader, an intuitive man named Hertz. Our hero, known only as Smith, determines to save the child and find out why Hertz wants the baby dead. At a local bordello, he tries to employ a lactating hooker to watch the child, but things quickly escalate, and this makeshift family is soon on the run. Heavy metal music calms the baby. Why? A laboratory, gun factory, and presidential campaign all figure in Smith's quest for the child's safe deliverance.
Leave your thoughts about Shoot 'Em Up.
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesShoot 'Em Up contains several ridiculous sequences, all freshly-minted classics, in which physics are bent, exploited, and flat-out flushed down the toilet. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealNot one second of the film is anything other than ludicrous, which is exactly why it rocks. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThis is likely the fastest-moving intentionally funny action movie ever made. It's as if the 21 Bond movies and four "Die Hards" had been distilled to remove their body fat (that is, character development, buildup, rest stops, etc.) and left us with only the killing and the punch lines. |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonThe ultimate target audience will undoubtedly have the added benefit of libations. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashIt is obvious that this is a movie where the filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing, which is why I believe this movie will live on much longer than its box office receipts indicate. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy KleinFor all its absurdity, the action is good enough to keep adrenaline junkies juiced ... |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda CookYou wouldn't believe me if I told you how this movie opens. |
| Seattle TimesTed FryJaw-dropping only hints at the reaction to the intricately staged fights, especially a shootout between Smith and a dozen or so villains as they step out of a jet and plummet toward Earth sans parachutes. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe most audacious, implausible, cheerfully offensive, hyperactive action picture I've seen since, oh, "Sin City," which in comparison was a chamber drama. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxThe best guilty pleasure of the summer... arriving just a couple of weeks too late. |