Looking for a film to pair in a double bill with Crank?
Shoot Em Upis a very silly film.
Shoot Em Upalso features Paul Giamatti playing someone who is the exact mid-point of Frank Miller and Mr Twit.
In this, hes just horrible.
He looks like he smells of sweat, cordite and Scampi Fries.
The action sequences arent tied down to any sense of realism be it gritty or smooth.
All of the bad guys bullets are made of paper, childhood wishes and performance poetry.
This is not a bad thing; the bullet deadliness quotient is obviously fixed as with many films.
You want to see Clive Owen shooting people?
Fine, you have plenty of options.
And kill a guy with a carrot?
You pretty much have to see this film.
The violence is exactly as cartoonish and satisfying as youd expect.
Personally Id find it more entertaining to extend this sense of gung-ho abandon to the entire film.
Possibly this is intended as a commentary or meta-joke, but it doesnt feel like it.
Its all too straight-laced otherwise, earnestly delivered when someNaked Gunstyle straight-laced ridiculousness wouldnt go amiss.
A pussy with a gun.
Its a decent script in terms of zingers, but its not up there with the best.
Do seek it out.
