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A DVD Worthy review on the movie Shoot ‘Em Up.

Shoot 'Em Up

What could possibly be better than a Shoot ‘Em Up movie starring Clive Owen (Closer, Sin City), Paul Giamatti (Lady in the Water, Sideways), Monica Bellucci (Matrix, Passion of the Christ) an endless stream of bullets and body counts to match? At first thought, nothing. However bullet blasting cheesiness proceeds as the the movie’s hot thrilling action scenes and storyline continue chase after chase to a thankfully but seemingly never ending climatic finale.

Shoot ‘Em Up kicks into fast action gear with gun fights from the beginning to the very end. Owen plays Mr. Smith, a unknown mysterious loner who finds himself doing the right thing by helping a woman and her newly born son Oliver from the villain leader Hertz (Giamatti) and his gun toting cohorts. Smith, not wanting to be the newly adopted father teams up with an unsuspecting sexy Donna Quintano (Belluci) to help protect the baby from Hertz’s relentless clutches.

Although Shoot ‘Em Up’s plot is hardly realistic, it’s premise could be semi-believable in it’s own context. Unfortunately there are a few scenes that push the limit in any type of reality. Once you see the movie you’ll know I mean (and scriptwriters, what’s up with the carrot fetish?).

If you are a fan of guns, Monica Bellucci, Clive Owen or Giamatti, then you’ll definitely get your fair share of all of them through out the movie. Shoot ‘Em Up is definitely a good movie despite some it’s short comings. The action scenes alone make this movie DVD worthy. If that’s not enough, who could resist anything with Monica Bellucci in it. Pick up your DVD copy ofShoot ‘Em Up from NewLine.

Semi Spoiler Alert There’s one scene to look forward to with Smith and Donna Quintano that is, er, quite climactic, er, rather orgasmic to say the least. Nothing like a little sex and violence.