Shoot 'em up

Carrots. I think the whole film is about those damn carrots...

A man named Smith (Clive Owen) is waiting at a bus stop, eating a carrot. He sees a pregnant woman trying to avoid a hitman that's following her, Smith, follows them both in a nearby warehouse, and then chaos (no. 1) begins. Smith kills the hitman stabbing and killing him with the carrot, helps the woman delivering her baby, and all at the same time he defends himself by constantly firing on a group of executioners (led by a man named Hertz) whose mission is to kill the pregnant woman and her baby.

Difficult you may say, or superhumanish?... Nothing is difficult for Smith.

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Although Hertz (Paul Giamatti) manages to kill the mother of the baby, Smith manages to escape with the baby and looking for a way to protect it from Hertz, he leaves it in the hands of the generous prostitute Donna (Monica Belucci) to watch over it. But Hertz with his henchmen finds them, tortures Donna to give him the baby and of course, the mighty Smith appears... and that means chaos (no.2). Killing everyone, takes Donna and the baby with him to his hideout.

Hertz, though, is not dead. He still pursues Smith, Donna and the baby, discovers Smith's hideout and gets ready to bring mayhem. A horde of henchmen invades the place and chaos (no.3) starts. Needless to say that Smith achieved to escape in an amazing scene where Smith, with baby on him, shoots his way out while climbing down a rope.

This is about the half of the storyplot, but I won't reveal any more. I don't want to spoil it for you.

Let's say that the rest of the film includes steaming sex scenes (with the ever beautiful and sexy Monica Belucci) while shooting, more chaos (remember I stopped counting at number 3, but there are much more to see), lots of blood, political and social comments woven with the plot of the movie, and of course, many, many carrots.

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The studio have characterized this film as action. In my opinion is a parody of any action films we have seen in the past in a most surrealistic way. Smith can bring in our minds all the heroes, but in more excessive way. Hertz, the hitman, who answers the phonecall of his wife, while killing someone, because what the heck even hitmen have a normal life. Even the bloodbath that happens in front of our eyes, instead of disgust or fear, brings us a smile in our faces, thinking that this is freakishly extravaggant but hilarious.

This is a flim that always brings the smile in my face. I love it for all its extravagant scenes. I love it for the music. I love it for the actors (Clive Owen, if you see this, I ❤️ you). If I feel down, I watch it. It's my medicine. And when I watch it, I always have a carrot to eat.

Have you watched it? Tell me your opinion...

Thanks for reading!

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Hello hive friends, happy new year. I hope everyone is well.

This time I bring you the review of the first movie I see this year. It is a movie that I have wanted to see for a long time.

Months ago they aired the trailer on a movie channel on TV. It caught my attention too much. I'll watch it, I told myself but unfortunately I forgot the broadcast schedule and didn't see it.

Months later I had the time to look it up on the internet but there was a little problem. I completely forgot the title. I couldn't get it anywhere, the only clue I had was that it was a gunman taking care of a baby. In addition to the phrase that made me want to see the movie.

"I am a British babysitter and I am dangerous"

He had no more clues.

I started looking for the movie with names referring to babysitters and only Nanny McPhee and the like appeared. It was a frustrating search.

Until I finally got it, the title obviously had nothing to do with the word "babysitter." Big mistake of mine. Now yes, film found and loading.

Lights, camera, action.

Starting with the summary of the movie. It begins when a man with an unknown past finds himself in a bench seat in the middle of the night and sees a pregnant woman being persecuted, against all odds he follows her and helps but she dies and the baby is left in the man's care. He seeks the help of a prostitute and together they try to solve the mystery of who is behind the baby and why.

The film has elements of action, comedy, drama, and suspense. The protagonist who, as we will later meet, is called "Smith" fulfills his role as a gunman with a strange taste for carrots. That he somehow feels responsible for the baby and protects him until the end. His relationship with the prostitute named "Donna" is quite natural despite the unconventional circumstances and their origins more than different. Somehow they create a sentimental bond with the baby that is the basis of the entire plot of the film.

The film itself is well ahead of its time in terms of plot and audiovisual effects. It looks like a movie made in 2018 and not in 2007. Its script and comedy are well crafted. With an antagonist who is probably truly insane.

It's a good movie to hang out.

All good so far, except for the sudden plot twist in the film's final stages.

Instead of being "Omg" it was a "WTF".

Terrible.

From then on everything went from bad to worse, even the visual effects got worse. It was as if the directors ran out of ideas at that point in the movie without knowing how to proceed.

Nothing made sense anymore, much less the ending.

A big disappointment.

The movie had everything to be good about and it was wasted potential.

My conclusion?

If you have nothing to do, it is your movie to entertain yourself. But it is not a movie that I would see again right away.

What do you think?

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