Clive kills people with carrots
January 29th, 2008
There is a bit of a story about Shoot em Up’s journey. Tracey likes a bit of Clive Owen, apparently she considers his ‘acting’ talent to be top notch, I also do not mind a good Clive Owen film but for vastly different reasons I suspect.
Anyway one day I saw the trailer for Shoot em Up and excitedly showed Tracey who generally hates trailers but agreed that this was a film to watch out for. We check cinema times, packed lunches and orange juice poppers and prepared to see a shallow action flick.
The day before arrived and Tracey went to confirm the times… no movie listing. The movie just disappeared and plenty of people were pissed off, not in the least Tracey.
So finally we managed to get around to watching it (not at the cinema thank you very much Australian cinemas) and I really enjoyed it. Will this movie change your life? I doubt it, although you will probably look at carrots a different way. Is this movie a good watch? Yes, YES, yes it is a pretty cool film.
The good
Clive Owen seems to play these characters really well, plus this has given me a chance to do my first cross over with my other blog Urban Cultivation as ‘Mr Smith’ is quite partial to carrots and has a pretty cool set-up growing them. In fact we first encounter Smith, he is sitting on a bench stirring his coffee with a carrot.
The film looks fantastic and very energetic, it is constantly moving forward and feels essentially like one long action sequence full of awesome stunts and the occasional carrot death.
Song over the credits Kick Start my Heart.
The bad
Ok, it’s mainly made up of gun violence and hookers (yes this is the ‘bad’ section) and there is a kid involved. To be fair though the man with the guns and the hooker is trying to protect the child and he is in love with the hooker and the hooker is Monica Bellucci. I don’t condone gun violence, in real life it is weak, in the movies though it can be entertaining (entertainment, not real life… clear?). Some will argue the plot is too thin for a film, I’ll argue that it is just thin enough.
The other
The credits are really cool, we have a Motley Crue song (one of the only ones I can stand) and a Bond like credits effect.
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Categories: Movies | Tags: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Motley Crue, Shoot em Up | 14 Comments
