{"id":11076,"date":"2008-02-27T03:43:40","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T00:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/"},"modified":"2008-02-27T03:43:40","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T00:43:40","slug":"shoot-em-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot &#8216;Em Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I went to the movies with some friends to watch &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0465602\/\">Shoot &#8216;Em Up<\/a>&#8220;.\u00c2\u00a0 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2\u00a0 I really enjoyed it from start till the end, plus the credits, minus the break, which some of the cinema halls are still doing (silly!).<\/p>\n<p>What did I expect from this film?\u00c2\u00a0 Entertainment.\u00c2\u00a0 I wanted it to be a good action movie, with lots of shooting, car chases, and humor.\u00c2\u00a0 Visuals, sounds, special effects, and dynamics of it all.\u00c2\u00a0 It was all in there.\u00c2\u00a0 And more.<\/p>\n<p>I ranked this film as <strong>5 out of 5<\/strong>, <strong>10 out of 10<\/strong>, and <strong>the best out of the best<\/strong> without even thinking for far too long, and, to be truly honest, even before the movie was over.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s how much I enjoyed it.\u00c2\u00a0 But just in case you are skeptical, here are a few points, which I considered (I&#8217;ll try to make at as spoiler free as I can):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Action!<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 I wanted a lot of action and I got it.\u00c2\u00a0 It was all action and very little of anything else except for the action.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think there was a single minute in the film without somebody shooting somebody, aiming at somebody, ambushing somebody, or planning to shoot somebody.\u00c2\u00a0 The title of the film is a very well chosen motto.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acting.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 Three main roles were played by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0654110\/\">Clive Oven<\/a>, Paul Giamatti, and Monica Bellucci.\u00c2\u00a0 Clive Oven is an excellent choice for this sort of movie, especially considering how well he did in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/03\/recent-movies\/\">Inside Man<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/17\/sin-city\/\">Sin City<\/a>&#8220;, and BMW&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/10\/bmw-films-the-hire\/\">Hire<\/a>&#8221; series.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0316079\/\">Paul Giamatti<\/a> is an excellent actor too.\u00c2\u00a0 He is not as well known as he should be, and this film was yet another opportunity for him to show himself.\u00c2\u00a0 He was great!\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, it&#8217;s been a long time since I enjoyed acting in the action movie this much.\u00c2\u00a0 (Tarantino&#8217;s cast doesn&#8217;t count).\u00c2\u00a0 As for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000899\/\">Monica Bellucci<\/a> &#8211; she is a very beautiful woman and a good actress, but I am not a big fan of her.\u00c2\u00a0 Either she doesn&#8217;t have a spark for me, or I don&#8217;t see it.\u00c2\u00a0 However, she did good in this film too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visuals.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 In a film like this, photography and special effects are of extra importance.\u00c2\u00a0 And they were done right.\u00c2\u00a0 Camera angles, lights, cuts, compositions, and all that were very good.\u00c2\u00a0 There were a few interesting perspectives too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 There is an extra bonus in here.\u00c2\u00a0 The choice of hard and heavy music was great &#8211; nothing suits the action movie better.\u00c2\u00a0 And one of the first track&#8217;s was by the legendary &#8220;Nirvana&#8221;, which helped to set the right mood for the film.\u00c2\u00a0 It was like one cool rock-n-roll party.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A\u00c2\u00a0 touch of drama.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 In a film like this, a tiny bit of drama is needed to set the stage, provide some background, and explain the story.\u00c2\u00a0 Without this tiny bit of drama, all those killings don&#8217;t have much meaning.\u00c2\u00a0 But.\u00c2\u00a0 The mistake that so many action movies are falling for is too much of drama and sadness. Cemeteries, funerals, and things like that don&#8217;t belong in the action movies.\u00c2\u00a0 Gladly, the &#8220;balance of the tiny bit&#8221; was perfectly kept in this film.\u00c2\u00a0 Just enough was provided without too much shown to break the fun, entertainment, and rock-n-roll atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A deep thought or a spotlight on a global problem.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 This is my personal criteria for a 10 out of 10 movie.\u00c2\u00a0 I believe that whatever the genre or the story of the film is, there is always time and place for a little bit more than just what is needed to entertain the audience.\u00c2\u00a0 But, as with the previous point, there is a dangerous pitfall &#8211; propaganda.\u00c2\u00a0 Many films spend too much arguing about either side of the global warming issue, or useless wars, or drugs, or something else.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;Shoot &#8216;Em Up&#8221; brings attention to the problem of gun control.\u00c2\u00a0 But, again, it takes only about 40 seconds of the movie time without disrupting the main course of the film, and gives a few things to think about.\u00c2\u00a0 Really slick!<\/li>\n<li><strong>References to other movies.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 This is also just something that I like. I believe very much in &#8220;standing on the shoulders of forefathers&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 I believe that no movie is an exception &#8211; all were inspired by some previous work mixed together with something else.\u00c2\u00a0 I think paying respects to those inspirations is a nice thing to do.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, it should be done as a barely noticable touch here and there, without destructing people&#8217;s attention from what is going on.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if it was intentional or not, but I saw some references to &#8220;Sin City&#8221;, &#8220;The Matrix&#8221;, &#8220;The Transporer&#8221;, and a few other films.\u00c2\u00a0 Tiny, almost unnoticeable references.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In summary, the film is worth every penny of the ticket, every second of the screen time, and every dollar for the DVD, which I&#8217;m definitely going to buy.\u00c2\u00a0 This is some quality stuff, which doesn&#8217;t come out of the movie companies every other day.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Strongly recommended<\/strong> for the fans of the action genre.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I went to the movies with some friends to watch &#8220;Shoot &#8216;Em Up&#8220;.\u00c2\u00a0 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2\u00a0 I really enjoyed it from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shoot &#8216;Em Up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[1697,1371],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies","tag-clive-owen","tag-paul-giamatti"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I went to the movies with some friends to watch &quot;Shoot &#039;Em Up&quot;.\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I&#039;m glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"VHvdD0_usx1_4DzKy_QCVcICVgX2EgA2ybELT-wl7kQ\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leonid Mamchenkov - Life, universe, and everything else\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I went to the movies with some friends to watch &quot;Shoot &#039;Em Up&quot;.\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I&#039;m glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-02-27T00:43:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2008-02-27T00:43:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamchenkovBlog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"I went to the movies with some friends to watch &quot;Shoot &#039;Em Up&quot;.\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I&#039;m glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Shoot \\u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"headline\":\"Shoot &#8216;Em Up\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":2,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"All, Movies, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"All\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Shoot &#8216;Em Up\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Shoot &#8216;Em Up\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"All\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shoot \\u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"description\":\"I went to the movies with some friends to watch \\\"Shoot 'Em Up\\\".\\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\\u00c2 I'm glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/27\\\/shoot-em-up\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"description\":\"Life, universe, and everything else\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"I went to the movies with some friends to watch \"Shoot 'Em Up\".\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I'm glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from","canonical_url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"VHvdD0_usx1_4DzKy_QCVcICVgX2EgA2ybELT-wl7kQ","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#blogposting","name":"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov","headline":"Shoot &#8216;Em Up","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"},"datePublished":"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00","dateModified":"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":2,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"All, Movies, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","name":"All"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"All","item":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#listItem","name":"Shoot &#8216;Em Up"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Shoot &#8216;Em Up","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","name":"All"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person","name":"Leonid Mamchenkov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/","name":"Leonid Mamchenkov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/","name":"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"I went to the movies with some friends to watch \"Shoot 'Em Up\".\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I'm glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"datePublished":"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00","dateModified":"2008-02-27T03:43:40+02:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/","name":"Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"Life, universe, and everything else","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Leonid Mamchenkov - Life, universe, and everything else","og:type":"article","og:title":"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov","og:description":"I went to the movies with some friends to watch &quot;Shoot 'Em Up&quot;.\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I'm glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from","og:url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/","og:image":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg","og:image:width":1024,"og:image:height":1024,"article:published_time":"2008-02-27T00:43:40+00:00","article:modified_time":"2008-02-27T00:43:40+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamchenkovBlog","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@mamchenkov","twitter:title":"Shoot \u2018Em Up - Leonid Mamchenkov","twitter:description":"I went to the movies with some friends to watch &quot;Shoot 'Em Up&quot;.\u00c2 I had some expectations for the film, since I liked the trailer and the cast, and the title was somewhat promising.\u00c2 I'm glad to report that the film was by far better than any of my expectations.\u00c2 I really enjoyed it from","twitter:creator":"@mamchenkov","twitter:image":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"11076","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-07-19 20:59:37","updated":"2026-01-15 03:45:47","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/\" title=\"All\">All<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tShoot \u2018Em Up\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress"},{"label":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},{"label":"Shoot &#8216;Em Up","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/shoot-em-up\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11087,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/14\/casino-royale\/","url_meta":{"origin":11076,"position":0},"title":"Casino Royale","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"If you walk into a DVD rental, pick up four movies without much consideration for your choice, and the worst one is the James Bond movie, you know you are out of touch with cinema.\u00c2\u00a0 Have things changed so much? Seriously.\u00c2\u00a0 I am not a big fan of Bond movies.\u00c2\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9620,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/10\/29\/northfork\/","url_meta":{"origin":11076,"position":1},"title":"Northfork","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 29, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"With all my recent negative experience with random movies, you would probably think that I stopped picking them. Nope. Not yet. \"Northfork\" is another random movie I just watched. Directed by: Michael Polish Genres: Drama, Fantasy Cast: James Woods, Nick Nolte, Douglas Sebern, Claire Forlani, Duel Farnes, Mark Polish, Daryl\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12512,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/29\/the-men-who-stare-at-goats\/","url_meta":{"origin":11076,"position":2},"title":"The Men Who Stare at Goats","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I got my hands on \"The Men Who Stare at Goats\" movie.\u00a0 I saw the trailer a few times in the cinema and was waiting for it to start, but either I missed it altogether or the scheduling was changed.\u00a0 Anyway, watched this one in the comfort of my own\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;5 stars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"5 stars","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/movies\/movie-reviews\/5-stars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/the_men_who_stare_at_goats.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7642,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/07\/05\/dawn-of-the-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":11076,"position":3},"title":"Dawn of the Dead","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 5, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Olga and I went to see \"Dawn of the Dead\" in the cinema today. I am not a particular fan of horror movies, but this one had an excellent trailer and a lot of positive hype around it, so I decided what the hell. Short story: this movie sucked. A\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12007,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/05\/2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":11076,"position":4},"title":"2012","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I just came back from the movies, where I watched \"2012\". \u00a0Initially, when I heard about this film, it sounded awesome. \u00a0I even posted the trailer in the blog, when I first saw it. \u00a0But then, it came to the cinemas and pretty much everyone I know went to see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;4 stars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"4 stars","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/movies\/movie-reviews\/4-stars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2012","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2012.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9291,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/01\/zatichi\/","url_meta":{"origin":11076,"position":5},"title":"Zat&#244;ichi","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 1, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Trying to shorten my list of movies to see, I decided to watch \"Zat\u00f4ichi\". Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Genres: Action, Drama, Crime, Comedy Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Gadarukanaru Taka, Daigor\u00f4 Tachibana, Yuuko Daike, Yui Natsukawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura, Akira Emoto, Ben Hiura, Kohji Miura, Hideboh, Ron\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11076"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyring_services?post=11076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}