Monday, June 09, 2008

Shoot 'Em Up

Rented this entirely for the spectacle and it comes through on that front. So over the top is it, actually, that I half-suspect the film's trying to have it both ways, playing both as a hyper-action flick and as a satire (there's something similar at work in the muddled stance that it hints at taking on gun control). It's all extremely throwaway, but entertaining enough, aided by Clive Owen's presence at its centre.