Rating of
2.5/4
"Banging"
Freddie - wrote on 10/22/08
This is one of those movies that are what they are. Once you get through the first 5 minutes you realize that it is absent of all realism. When they finally started getting into the plot it was like " uuhh okay." The babies are being bred to give bone marrow to a presidential candidate, but someone hates this idea and kills all the mothers but one gets away. ..for a little while. Then they have this crazy carrot obsessed maniac coming in out of nowhere and shooting every body up, while meanwhile he and a hooker try to care for the newly orphaned baby. Whatever...they needed to make the movie about SOMETHING, right? Once I realized that this was purely for visual effect I was able to sit back and admire the creative ways that Owen was able to handle a gun. He could shoot while delivering a baby; while running with an infant in his arms; by crazily tying strings together like a puppet master; while skydiving; while having sex; and even without an ACTUAL gun, but with his bare fingers and a fireplace. The man is obviously talented, huh? I mean, you can't hate this but then love Kill Bill Vol.1 were Uma hacks away at 80 people in club by herself. Things like that obviously void of all reality but just reallly really fun to watch. It's got that ooh ahhh appeal.
Obviously this movie was not intended to appeal to the female viewer, because the whole time I was screaming for the baby. I was stunned to watch how they handled poor little Oliver, yet he still managed to survive that crazy nightmare. However, they did a good job with all of the crazy gun scenes. It was very creative. They get a thumbs up from me. Cool movie.
