Shoot 'Em Up

In Michael Davis's neon-noir satire, a mysterious figure known only as Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) delivers a baby during a gun battle and becomes an unwitting vigilante, tasked with protecting the newborn from a relentless army of assassins. Davis's hyper-violent farce skewers action movie conventions with acerbic wit and deadpan irony, as the relentless carnage and rapid-fire one-liners underscore a bleak commentary on the absurdity of violence in popular culture.