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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Watched this for the first time in years and holy hell. It does not disappoint.
I still love this bonkers er shoot 'em up. The action starts with a woman giving birth during a gun fight, Clive Owen coming across said baby then protecting it for the rest of the film, although god knows how when he spends half the movie flying through the air in bullet strewn mayhem.
The action never lets up from first to last. Owen is excellent as the carrot munching hero and Paul Giamatti preens as the sneering villain whilst sexy Monica Bellucci and Stephen McHattie provide memorable support.
Shoot 'em Up is a barrage of violence throughout with adolescent humour and killer tracks from Nirvana, Wolfmother, Motley Crue, Strapping Young Lad (Soothes the baby to sleep. I can totally relate to that) Iggy Pop and Motorhead peppering the soundtrack.
In 2007 Clive Owen made this, Spike Lee's Inside Man and Children of Men. Most actors would kill for that resume in their career never mind one single year. |
It's a lot of fun, yes. I can't think of a single film in which Paul Giamatti hasn't been very good or the best actor in the film. (That includes the abysmal Lady in the Water.)
Regarding Clive Owen's memorable 2007, there are few actors who will have had a better decade than Leonardo DiCaprio enjoyed in the 10 year span between 2010-2019:
• Shutter Island (2010)
• Inception (2010)
• J. Edgar (2011)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
• The Revenant (2015)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)