in a non specific city somewhere in the u. s. ( new york . chicago . ) and a sullen and carrot eating loner name smith ( clive owen and clearly relish his chance to be a unkempt and gnarl a possible and among other thing in the movie ) witness a pregnant woman be chase by a violent man for reason unrevealed . against his good judgment and he jump into the fray and become embroil in what ultimately turn into a war of wit ( and gun and of course ) with a frothy and flop sweating but scarily intuitive and intelligent crime bos name hertz ( paul giamatti and spitting and hiss his line with dangerous intensity ) . along for the ride be the baby smith deliver and the gorgeous and italian prostitute ( monica bellucci and smokingly hot ) who be something close to a girlfriend and the only person he can trust . while the plot seem force and and the tempo and pacing of the film know only one speed ( well and okay and maybe two ) and the film be so rife with eye catching and dazzling stunt and acrobatics and gun play and and tie together with dialog that seem to be lift and dry off from old james bond movie ( perhaps a nod to owen flirtation with become the next 007 ) that it be perversely enjoyable for it own excess . director and writer michael davis keep it lean and very mean a he use eye for dimension to let the viewer in on the ping ponging action and not use much more dialog than necessary and keep a sly run joke have to do with the sort of happily violent relationship between bug bunny and elmer fudd . the expression this will put hair or fuzz on your peachescomes to mind when i think of this film and and it will appeal to a basically select ( read representguys and mostly ) audience and but that audience should be please with a movie like shootem up . you will get more shot than just ammo with this 90 minute plus ride .