Meanwhile, Smith slowly unravels a convoluted political plot involving an ill presidential candidate, a “baby factory,” and a large gun corporation. Not your typical family man, Smith enlists the help of a lactating prostitute Donna Quintana (Monica Bellucci) or DQ for short (yes the Dairy Queen pun comes back later), to help care for the baby as he fends off a seemingly endless supply of goons courtesy of uber-villain Hertz (Paul Giamatti). The shootout ends when the mother takes a bullet in the crown, leaving Smith with the innocent child. As the woman goes into labor, Smith helps deliver the baby while using her gun to ward off the rest of the goons.
Already the film has set the cartoonish violence bar very high. Smith plays the reluctant hero, telling the bad guy to “Eat your vegetables” as he shoves the carrot full on through his throat. Armed with only a carrot (his favorite snack), Mr. Smith (Clive Owen), a jaded loner who hates just about everyone (especially people who don’t signal or slurp their coffee), notices an extremely pregnant mother chased down by a gun-toting bad guy. Shoot ‘Em Up begins along a deserted street where Mr.
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