basically shootem up be an 80 film use today modern technology . replace arnie or bruce willis with clive owen and baby in tow and you have this film . owen carrot fixation be even put to good use pull trigger and stab the villain in the eyeball or through the mouth and out the back of their neck . see how owen kill special ops assassin while have sex with hooker with a heart of gold monica belluci ( . she even climax a he blow one of these heavily equip villain through a window ) . there be a great many stunt where owen be allow to create on his foot use his artistry with gun . there a neon sign he use to tell arch nemesis paul giammati f u. just watch how owen use his gun to keep his baby protect on a merry go round . or and when he in a weapon factory and with owen elaborately create a method use string to develop a labyrinthine maze where baddie carry machine gun fall prey to gun fire when they turn corner ( . even if this be the most ludicrous action sequence ever design and it a dream come true for action fan ) . and and the great trick of all . pull off an anti gun message in such an insanely violent action film . the way the film find escape for owen be a thing of cinematic genius . no matter how many time we roll our eye at such absolute nonsense . the plot and if it truly matter and be about a man mind his own business who can not sit on his street bench and watch a pregnant woman get assassinate . this decision will cause a ton of complication a he assist the lady into give birth . his name be smith and and the head honcho who want the lady and her child dead be hertz ( giammatti ) . when a bullet through the forehead leave this woman dead and smith will have to find shelter for the infant while dodge constant gun fire . thanks to his uncanny use with an assassin gun ( . there be a reason why he do not have a gun on his person even though he be a skilled marksman ) and smith evades his pursuer send a great many villain to early graf ( . or and a chief businessman hammerson and play by a scarily skinny stephen mchattie and would say and a dirt nap ) . hop for a hooker ( bellucci ) help and whose specialty be feed her breast milk to wealthy clientèle with that kinky fetish and he will hope to provide the infant with a temporary home ( . in a brothel . ) . but and hertz target her so this hooker will join up with smith and the baby on their own form one very unique union . with hertz undaunted despite heavy loss when several operation to kill smith fail miserably and he will keep come until our hero can discover why these murderer want such a precious child dead . soon the story yield some wacky result like a bone marrow transplant for an ill senator who wish to pursue the presidency ( . and have a strict policy against gun which would threaten hammerson business ) a the child be the key to his health and recovery and and an airplane meeting between smith and who he think be his ally ( . this soon produce a parachute exit and shoot out in the sky for the age ) . and and to top it all off and watch how smith and with broken finger and use a scalpel to evade certain doom . it all tongue in cheek and unpretentious fare and gory escapist fodder for fanboys who love their constant shoot em ups with bullet ridden body and colorful villain and dialogue . outrageous and tricky way a gun can kill people be on full display . and and this flick rarely take a breath . not a critical darling at all and even hat by many and but i dig the hell out of it . oh and and the use of a tank ( . and how owen provide a way for bellucci and babe to enter in ) for the use of protection so that the baby can remain safe and be just priceless .