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Shoot 'Em Up
Why this pick
Matches its gleefully excessive gunplay, relentless chase structure, and comic-book visual energy—another knowingly over-the-top crime-action ride that barely pauses to breathe.
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MOVIE2006 2h 40m DEU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Walker plays a low-level mobster who, in order to save his family, must recover a gun used in a mob hit before it’s found by his bosses or the cops.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Paul Walker
Joey Gazelle
Vera Farmiga
Teresa Gazelle
Cameron Bright
Oleg Yugorsky
Chazz Palminteri
Detective Rydell
Karel Roden
Anzor Yugorsky
Johnny Messner
Tommy 'Tombs' Perello
Ivana Milicevic
Mila Yugorsky
Michael Cudlitz
Sal "Gummy Bear" Franzone