Jay’s Brainfart

Title: “Shoot ‘Em Up”
Starring: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti
Director: Michael Davis

Synopsis: A hitman (Giamatti) has been hired to take out a mother and her child… and a carrot-eating Samaritan Mr. Smith (Owen) decides to help the mother out by killing a never-ending slew of henchmen in some imaginative, and often hilarious ways… all to keep the baby alive.

Review: I love this movie - after seeing the trailer (below) I wasn’t sure if this was just a balls-out action movie with some funny parts here and there, but Shoot ‘Em Up is hilarious all the way through.

Witty one-liners that would even make James Bond groan, the most ridiculous action set-pieces I’ve seen in a movie (the sex scene where Owen & Bellucci are going at it, with Owen gunning down bad guys without breaking his rhythm… killing the last bad guy and saying “Talk about blowing your load” lol).

Shoot ‘Em Up is unashamedly over the top, but it works really well - Owen’s carrot-munching, Bugs Bunny-quoting deadpan one liners, Giamatti’s almost Elmer Fudd-like hitman that keeps making excuses to his wife as to why he’s late etc… the movie is tongue-in-cheek all the way, and often laugh out loud funny.

I’d urge you to go see this now… this is probably the most enjoyable movie I’ve watched all year.

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Trailer:

I check my email this morning… and whaddya know - the awesome guys over at Streamy.com have given me another 5 invites to give away!

 So - I’m not gonna be one of the people that sell the invites… I’m just going to give them away!

If you want in on one of the most desired closed betas for a site that I can remember - post your name and email address in a comment on this blog, and you’ll find an invite winging its way to your inbox. :)

Jay