This film was basically brilliant. Not the type of fair Americans are used to. I don't want to give anything away, and it's not as if there is A plot for the movie, so no spoilers here. The movie is 18 5-minute shorts by famous writer/directors and featuring some American actors and more European actors.
What do that many scenes and directors have in common? Paris and some form of love. New love, old love, mothers and children, death, heartache, mimes, and a vampire. Personally, the second (or was it the third) spot was my favorite.
Makes me want to visit Paris.
I actually saw Shoot 'Em Up last weekend, but it has taken me until today to admit that.
If you see this movie, it's 86 minutes of your life you can't have back.
*** Some spoilers to follow ***
Don't be fooled. The action may have been choreographed by the master who did Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but it's not that great (and honestly, I'll take the wire-fu in Iron Monkey over Crouching Tiger, any day). It's not as cool as Sin City, though Clive Owen plays a similar character. This one is angrier and hates everything but carrots. Yes, I did laugh after the ludicrous falling air fight scene (again, Crank was better with this bit), when all the bad guys remains were strategically placed in identical positions around where our anti-hero landed. Now that I think about it, I love anti heroes in general, but hated Mel Gibson's character in Payback for his lack of humanity. Clive Owen's character didn't have enough character to have to worry about humanity or any other trait. Killing someone with a carrot (several someones) is not character.
If I was a slightly different person I would have been offended at the movie's opening. A fight scene and a birth all in one. Tasteful this movie is not. Well acted it is not. Visually pleasing and well scripted - nope. I've never left a movie so quickly once it was mercifully over. My husband said, "that was possibly the worst movie I've ever seen and I bet I enjoyed it more than you."