The most audacious, implausible, cheerfully offensive, hyperactive action picture I've seen since, oh, Sin City, which in comparison was a chamber drama.
– Roger Ebert,
Denver Post,
15 Sep 2007
fresh:
It's just gunfights strung together, without a whisper of coherence or meaning.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
3 Nov 2007
fresh:
...an affectionate, often very funny Simpsons parody of its whole eponymous genre. It's a live-action McBane as co-directed by Quentin Tarantino and Chuck Jones.... Shoot 'Em Up is Hot Fuzz gone to the Dark Side.
– Mark Bourne,
Film.com,
2 Jan 2008
fresh:
One can certainly be amused and entertained by writer-director Michael Davis's hyperbolic action frolics -- I was -- but not without feeling pretty low and stupid.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
3 Jan 2008
rotten:
After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage.