The Title says it all, this movie is non-stop shoot em up throughout! It was an interesting experience to say the least. The plot was almost nonexistant, but the action made up for it. People are killed in so many crazy yet awesome ways. There is some pretty bad language, and a brief nudity scene while they walk through a nightclub. However, It was very entertaining to watch, and will provide nonstop laughter the whole way through!
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Over-the-top action with guns, guns, and ... guns.
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About Shoot 'Em Up
Parents need to know that this over-the-top, gun-focused action movie brims with wild violence and its effects. Much of it is presented in a comic, cartoonishly excessive way, but characters are still left torn, bloodied, bruised, and broken. Violent acts are mostly shooting-related (one particularly extreme sequence features characters shooting at each other during a fall from an airplane), but there are explosions and car crashes too -- all with painful-looking results. Sexual content includes references to the heroine's work as a prostitute (she's introduced in brothel), plus shots of naked breasts and cleavage, and a prolonged sex act during a violent assault. Language is quite salty (primarily variations on "f--k") but probably not as plentiful as you'd expect -- mostly because so much of the screen time is spent shooting instead of talking.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the movie's cartoonish approach to violence. How does seeing the kind of extreme violence typical of Looney Toons shorts translated to live-action affect your opinion of both approaches? Is animated violence easier to stomach than its real-life counterpart? Why or why not? Why do we as filmgoers like to see things go bang and blow up? What are the consequences of violence in real life? What messages is the movie sending about guns and "gun control"?
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- I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Shoot Em Up!
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Good, funny, violent action spoof!
A funny little, what I would call "action spoof" sure there's mild nudity and a ton of violence, but after all, porn is just two clicks away, and there's plenty of violence in the news!
- I rate this title on for age 16 and give it
Silly but enjoyable.
It was an interesting movie, despite having a lacking plot and way over the top action and sex. Still, it was a good date movie and we both laughed most of the way through it. My boyfriend and I will never be able to look at carrots the same way again.
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
SHOOT CLIVE SHOOT
CLIVE OWEN IS AWESOME IN ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT MOVIES EVER. LOTS OF SEX AND SWEARING BUT THIS FILM IS FUNNY YET VIOLENT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A SPOOF OF ACTION FILMS ASWELL.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Shoot Em Up
Very violent, the movie is almost entirely gunfire. Not the best plot but some will think it is good because of all the violence, gunfire, and action scenes.
- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
cheesey yet fun shooter
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Decent..
Decent, but very awkward to watch depending on who you're watching it with. The storyline is nearly nonexistant, and the character development is awful, with over-exaggerated violence and some disturbing sex scenes. Overall, the movie was good for a laugh, but make sure you're not watching it with anyone you'd be embarrassed with.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
I got a Headache
This movie was pure and simple senseless violence..it had no plot and no redeeming value whatsoever.
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
LAME!
Just a WASTE OF TIME!!!
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Way over-the-top adrenaline rushed spoof
I enjoyed the movie for it's way over the top violence, and i laughed hard at some of the movie's comedy. The movie is very hyperactive and stylized throughout with spoofs from everything to Bugs Bunny and Pulp Fiction. I found the violence very comical and stylized although there was alot of blood and some unrealistic gore, yet nothing was too disturbing. The language was everything you would expect at an r-rated film. The overall message had no moral whatsoever yet what i found most disturbing was the sexual themes, since one of the main charactors is a prostitute that can lead for some sexual situations so be warned. I found Shoot Em Up very unique and very enjoyable for an older audience, but i think it's okay for people around my age if you know the difference between hollywood guts and blood between real gore.
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