Shoot 'Em Up

Name: Shoot 'Em Up
Director: Michael Davis
Released: 2007

Synopsis

A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Its pulpy violent excess will tip over...into slightly more excessive excess. That's its silly, scuzzball joy.
80
The Hollywood Reporter
Anyone looking for subtlety, character development or layered plotting will be disappointed, but action fans will find plenty to amuse them with this film that makes "Hard-Boiled" look restrained.
80
Village Voice
Extremely violent guilty pleasure of a thriller.
75
Rolling Stone
This wet dream for action junkies leaves out logic and motivation --you know, all the boring stuff.
67
The A.V. Club
It's all meant as gory good fun, but once the novelty wears off half an hour in, the rest of the film is only meant for people who absolutely agree with Giamatti's character about that violence thing.
63
ReelViews
There's a little bit of "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in Shoot 'Em Up, although this production isn't as smart or as slick.
50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The whole thing feels like watching somebody else play a video game. Director Michael Davis obviously was more interested in crafting a series of gunfights than a coherent story arc.
40
Variety
Good taste is the first fatality in this gonzo thrill-seeker, sure to offend mainstream dispositions, yet too stylistically audacious to dismiss outright.