Shoot ‘Em Up
If you like over-the-top action flix, this is a sure bet, but be prepared for a plot that’s thinner than a third-stage anorexic. The puns and innuendos in this movie are ‘groaners’ but you scarcely have time to let out a groan before the next action sequence begins.
There’s plenty of hot lead flying around during the action, augmented by a carrot or two. Yes, I said carrot - have you ever seen a carrot shoved through a bad guy’s eye and out the back of his skull? Have you ever seen a lactating hooker running a wet nursery in a whore house?
See?
You haven’t seen everything yet.
Puns, guns and fun - 4½ on a scale of 5.
DVD cover and synopsis from IMDB:
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, a gun factory, and a presidential campaign all figure in Smith’s search for the child’s ultimate safety.
2 Responses to “Shoot ‘Em Up”

Madrocketscientist on 14 Feb 2008 at 0851 #
Yep, a very good time, right up there with Crank!
Minstrel on 14 Feb 2008 at 0938 #
Yes - Crank - what a constant rush!
I better dig that DVD out of the archives and feel the joy again . . . on the new wide screen HDTV.
Thanks for reminding me.