Comments on: Shoot ‘Em Up

By: Tank Girl

Tank Girl — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:54:38 +0000

[...] to review a cool dodgy film, or whether I’ve pissed them off and they are inflicting another Shoot ‘Em Up on me. Fortunately, I’d already seen Tank Girl, so I did have some idea of what I was [...]

By: Gareth

Gareth — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:53:56 +0000

My friends have taken to asking me “so, how appalling do you think this film is going to be?” and deciding whether to go watch it based on my level of enthusiasm in the response. They've also learnt that if the phrase “but it's got hot women in tight outfits” is uttered, the movie in question should be avioded at all costs.

Thanks for the movie suggestions. Unfortunately, around here, the movie shops are really good at getting in multiple copies of mainstream blockbusters, and really shitty at getting anything else. They will go on the list though and will be reviewed as soon as I can get them in my grubby little paws.

By: Networkaegis

Networkaegis — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:58:26 +0000

Kudos to you sir. I wanted to truly present a film worthy of the word dodgy. This film is one that tests a hard core movie watcher's dedication to finishing every flick that he/she starts. I like movies that make you think. I watch alot of flicks with a couple of friends one a defense biologist and the other has a Masters in Mathematics. When you end a film and the only thing to discuss is precisely how bad the flick is well it has earned the title dodgy.

If you want a couple of films that will make you stop and think, Try The Human Stain and Dogville. Warning about Dogville when you start it you will think Oh god what have I gotten myself into. Stay with it you will be pleasantly surprised. Also The Reckoning can spur a good conversation. Watching anyone of these films will repair and even regenerate some of the brain cells lost to Shoot Em Up.

Most awesome review of Shoot Em Up. I was laughing through the whole review. Great Post!

By: Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:39:40 +0000

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By: Gareth

Gareth — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:56:49 +0000

But there's more to it. I woke up this morning and realised that I really shouldn't have stopped at 3 paragraphs bitching about this film. There are so many questions.

For example, Where did the never ending stream of bad guys come from? Why did they assault his building one at a time like a bad Kung-Fu movie? Where were the flash-bangs? How did they manage to make the second worst sex scene/gunfight in cinema history (only Stallone and Stone in the shower in The Specialist could top that one)

It annoys me. And I figured it out. You just don't care about the characters. You don't care if the hero lives or dies, you don't care if the bad guys live or die, you don't even care about the baby. It felt like a badly done version of "The Transporter" without the excellent car chase scenes.

The whole movie was like the sort of song a middle class white kid would write if he was trying to be all Gangsta (and the fact that Shoot em up ever got me to use the word Gangsta is a scathing indictment on the place it has in society and the fact that censorchip should be allowed when it comes to removing piles of crap like this from the viewing public)