# "Shoot ' Em Up" is the craziest action movie EVER! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898 "2019-04-02T01:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/21 "2019-04-03T08:01:53Z")
t thought crank 2 was nuts… ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/22 "2019-04-03T14:56:46Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I was thinking about it just the other day. Paul Giamatti’s finest role! “Which card should I give him?” (Brings a "You’re 5! card with a bunny on it) “Fuzzy bunny?..” (Brings a card with a bikini-clad woman with a car) “…or you’re a man now” I laughed so hard at that ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/23 "2019-04-03T15:03:39Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I recall someone at the time it came out saying it was essentially, a live action gun battle version of Bugs Bunny… The first shot of the hero is a shot of him actually eating a raw carrot (he later uses that carrot to kill a man.) Later, the villain’s ringtone is revealed to be the bit from Ride of the Valkyries that Elmer Fudd sang “Kill the wabbit” to. It’s not subtle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/24 "2019-04-03T15:17:04Z")
Is it on Netflix or any other streaming service? ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/25 "2019-04-03T17:33:47Z")
_Versus_ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versus\_(2000\_film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versus_(2000_film)) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/26 "2019-04-04T19:28:37Z")
After this thread, I had to watch it again. And all I can say is:\* “Talk about shooting your load”.\* ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898/27 "2019-04-04T20:05:51Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > The closest thing to an action movie that got a lot of general critical praise and sold a lot of tickets is _Mad Max: Fury Road_ I’m not sure that this post had anything to do with the topic, but I suspect that there is more than that to have done well over the years. **Black Panther** was an Oscar Picture of the Year Nominee. **Gravity** was, at its heart, just a disaster pic, which are themselves all action movies - even if it’s just “Run away! Run away!” rather than “Punch! Shoot!” action. **District 9** and **Avatar** are both just action movies, political messages notwithstanding. **Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon** , obviously. And, unless you watch the extended editions, I’d probably say that both of the latter two films in the **Lord of the Rings** were little more than action movies. After I saw one of the extended versions, I called it “The version with dialogue”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoot-em-up-is-the-craziest-action-movie-ever/831898.md?page=1)