Traces the life of Goda as it spirals out of his control. Following the suicide of his girlfriend, Goda becomes obsessed with obtaining a Smith and Wesson Chief's Special, and will... more
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Production Year: 2001 - Drama - Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Frankel, Tony To - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over
Advantages: Fun, tongue in cheek. Disadvantages: No real story.
...of cinema and the way cinema portrays violence, women, guns and the distinction between good and bad, in a very post modern way, at least that is the intellectaul credence that I am giving it.
It was fun, nonsense, unbelieveable, ridiculous, crap, great, fun, fun, fun.
I am reviewing this as film only as I could not bring myself to watch the DVD extras yet, which nonetheless I will list:
Deleted/alternate scenes
Commentary by Michael Davis (director)
Ballet of bullets - making of 'Shoot 'em up'
Animatics
Theatrical trailer
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Plot: Traces the life of Goda as it spirals out of his control. Following the suicide of his girlfriend, Goda becomes obsessed with obtaining a Smith and Wesson Chief's Special, and will not rest until it is in his possession.
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Traces the life of Goda as it spirals out of his control. Following the suicide of his girlfriend, Goda becomes obsessed with obtaining a Smith and Wesson Chief's Special, and will not rest until it is in his possession.
Advantages: perfect for anyone, outstanding visual effects, excellent DVD extras Disadvantages: none
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Advantages: Great Camera Angles, Great Case, Lots of extra Footage Disadvantages: None
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Advantages: an exellent film Disadvantages: only a film to see once
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Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an 11 year old boy who lives in Newcastle with his dad, older brother and grandmother. His mother died when he was younger.
Billy's dad sends him to boxing class every week, whist at ine of his boxing lessons, Billy stumbles across a ballet class and starts to join in. He becomes good at it and every week instead of boxing he does ballet. His ballet teacher helps him to learn ballet and gets him an audition at the royal school of ballet.
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