Shoot 'Em Up Page #3

Synopsis: Late at night, in an unnamed U.S. city, a solitary man sits at a bus stop. A pregnant woman runs by, pursued by a man with a gun. With reluctance, the man at the bus stop rescues her and assists with the baby's delivery, while additional pursuers fire at them, including the gang's particularly nasty leader, an intuitive man named Hertz. Our hero, known only as Smith, determines to save the child and find out why Hertz wants the baby dead. At a local bordello, he tries to employ a lactating hooker to watch the child, but things quickly escalate, and this makeshift family is soon on the run. Heavy metal music calms the baby. Why? A laboratory, gun factory, and presidential campaign all figure in Smith's quest for the child's safe deliverance.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Michael Davis
Production: New Line Cinema
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2007
86 min
$12,800,000
Website
1,013 Views


147 hollow-points...

...and give me 50 FMJs.

You're a little short.

You lied. You said you had $5,000.

How about we make up the

difference with food stamps?

You wanna buy bullets

with food stamps?

It's as good as cash.

You're pathetic, Smith.

We'll wait for you outside.

look, why don't I sign over this check

I got at the blood bank to you?

It'll more than cover it.

Throw in that check you got

from the sperm bank...

and got yourself a deal.

I don't get that check

till Wednesday.

listen, why don't you take

a half-a box of shells...

and I'll give you the other half...

when you bring me the rest

of the money on Wednesday.

Deal.

Damn it, Smith!

What the hell are you doing?

Making some money.

- Making some money?

- Well, yeah.

To buy something for the baby.

Something for the baby?

A bulletproof vest is a better

investment than a crib.

Makes me think what you'd do

to get him in the right school.

So this is it.

It's not the Ritz but it's home.

Same old Smith.

Down and dirty.

Glad you like it.

Say hello to Mickey.

Maybe I should take the baby

to the police.

No, you'd never make it.

They'll be watching

all the precincts...

probably got some of the boys in blue

on payola too.

I've rounded up 50 guys.

Well, I guess that's just

gonna have to do, huh?

Stop the car. He was here.

Come on, what makes

you think he was here?

Trust me. I know what people do

and I know what people think.

I always have.

Even as a kid, I had this gift.

Yeah, you shoulda seen

the playground hurt I laid down...

playin' rock, paper, scissors, buddy.

Now stop the car.

Who do you think

wants this baby dead?

I've no idea who's tryin' to kill it.

Don't call him an 'it. '

It's an 'it' to me.

Tell me, Smith,

is there anything you like?

Yeah, my privacy.

Tell me something I don't know

per una volta...

brutto figlio di puttana bastardo.

I love it when you talk like that.

Can I offer you anything?

Carrot?

It's good for your eyesight.

Of all the squats in the city...

how does he know

Smith's in this one?

Another lucky guess?

Nah, he doesn't guess.

He sees things we don't.

He was once an FBI profiler.

Forensic behavior consultant.

My God, how many times

do I have to tell you guys?

Details...

...make all the difference

in this business.

Hey, but...

Don't... you think

you should hang back, sir?

The leader who stays in the rear,

takes it in the rear.

Besides...

violence is one of

the most fun things to watch.

No, no, no, baby, no.

We could call him Oliver.

- Oliver?

- Yeah, like Oliver Twist.

Because he's an orphan?

'Cause I like the book.

- You like the book.

- I didn't hate it.

That's a first.

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