ThedevilChoose
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Aneesa Wardle
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Ricardo Daly
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
bowmanblue
There are bad films and there are 'so-bad-they're-good' films. 'Shotgun' falls – weirdly – somewhere between the two. Part of me wants to say that it was truly the worst film I've ever seen. But then I am I charge of the remote control. I could have turned it off any time I wanted, yet I didn't – I stuck with it until the end. I guess that means I took some strange form of enjoyment out of it? I guess if I had to describe 'Shotgun' I'd call it a 'Lethal Weapon' clone, only filmed on the budget of £1.59. It's about two (mismatched) cops (one black, one white) on the trail of a brutal serial killer (as opposed to the kind and gentle serial killers, of course!).Now, normally this is the point in the review where I say something like 'So… if you're a fan of 'buddy-cop' movies then you'll probably get something out of it.' I know it's not the most original premise, but it can't be THAT bad, can it? The answer to that question is 'Yes.' The problem with this film isn't its lack of originality, it's the budget. You could almost mistake this film as some sort of 'student' effort. Seriously, I made a few short films at college and some of them look more professionally-done than this! Almost every scene is a set. Yes, I know most Hollywood films are made on sound stages for ease of production. However, here, you can almost see the boom mic hanging down – it's that obvious. Then there are the actors. Or should I say 'actors?' They can't act. Again, I get the impression that if you grabbed the nearest guy at the pub and stuck him in front of a camera, he'd pull of a more convincing 'cop in crisis' performance that the lead actor (plus he'd probably look less like a hobo-Beegee). And don't get me started on the action. There's the odd squib full of blood that just about looks passable, but when it comes to anything involving cars they just film the 'chase' at normal speed then fast forward the footage, giving off some sort of 'Benny Hill' vibe to the scene.Overall, it's really hard to recommend this film to anyone. I only continued to sit through it just to see how bad it actually got. By the time the credits rolled, the major emotion this film invoked in me was pity. I actually felt sorry for the cast and crew who made this mess. They must have known that the budget and talent wasn't really there in order to make something that would compete with the proper Hollywood blockbusters. They could have played this to their strengths and turned it into a parody (it worked for 'Loaded Weapon!'). Unfortunately, they seemed to act (and I use the word 'act' loosely) like the truly believed this was some sort of gritty epic action movie that would stand the test of time. Sadly, it's an awful movie. If you're looking for an action movie, there are better. If you're looking for a buddy-cop movie, there are better. If you're looking for a serial killer movie, there are better. The only reason you'd want to watch this is if you're a huge fan of bad movies and just want to say that you've watched what possibly could be one of the worst films ever made, just so you can win an argument in the pub at a later date.
Leofwine_draca
SHOTGUN is an embarrassing little would-be thriller from the guys at PM Entertainment. Like the rest of the output I've seen from them circa 1989, it's pretty much rubbish, with few redeeming features. An obnoxious-looking cop hunts down a serial killer who enjoys beating prostitutes to death in some ludicrously overwrought sequences which turn the perverse and disturbing into the downright laughable. There's little in the way of action, either, and that which does take place is equally silly, and completely unconvincing. Only lovers of so-bad-it's-good movie-making could get a kick out of this one. Thank goodness that PM Entertainment got considerably better at film-making as the years went on.
Wizard-8
For a time, I thought I was the only person in the world to see this sorry excuse for a movie, catching it during late-night TV. Sometimes this movie is so bad, it's hilarious. But mostly it is INCREDIBLY AWFUL. And I don't mean just everyday AWFUL - I'm talking about ****AWFUL****! The actor who plays the character who gets the creative nickname "Shotgun" is perhaps the WORST ACTOR IN THE WORLD! Really! I'm not kidding.Maybe you should see this movie anyway, because anything you'll see afterwards will look even better!P.S. - This production company (formerly City Lights, now PM Entertainment) did improve over time, and now PM generally makes decent and slick B movies that deliver the goods. The general rule, however, is to avoid ALL their movies made before 1993!
yak-8
I saw this movie as the result of a couple of friends of mine who collect movies. I really can't describe what an experience it is. The only thing I can say is that if you took about 50 random movie ideas and combined them in a random order, the result would probably come out more like a real movie than this one. Don't get me wrong though, this IS the greatest movie ever made. This isn't just another cable soft-porn as the box/title/etc may imply. Full with VHS-style camera work, 80's (synth) rock score, british lawyer in leather costume whipping prostitutes, fake mexicans ... this one's got everything. Ian Jones is a detective who's sister is a prostitute who this british lawyer kills. He and his partner max (the KFC guy) hunt him down. It all culminates in a mexican village where ian and a Sargent-slaughter wannabe confront him (after building a flame-throwing truck in a "desert hermit's hidaway"). Seriously though, this movie is hilarious. I give it a 10!! "I think lips".
