Shoot 'Em Up

This was a lot of fun, but it could have been better. There aren’t enough characters. There are lots of shootouts, but not a lot of action -- as in acting to achieve a goal. The hooker with a heart of gold, Monica Bellucci, was terrible. She can barely speak and they saddled her with all of the expositional dialogue. Individual scenes were a blast, paying respectful tribute to John Woo, The Coens, and the Loony Toons. But when the cast is so small, the weak links can cause the whole stage to collapse.