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Guns Up
2025 92 min United States of America R 18+
★6.0
Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Edward Drake
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Description
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.
Worldwide:
$252,865
Starring
Kevin James
Actor
Christina Ricci
Actor
Luis Guzmán
Actor
Key opinion
Guns Up is largely viewed as a hollow spectacle that struggles to balance its tonal aspirations with a weak narrative. While a few performances offer glimmers of entertainment, the film is hampered by a lack of humor and a disjointed screenplay.
| Originality | The film functions primarily as mindless spectacle that requires the viewer to abandon any concern for logical plot coherence. | |
| Humor | The humor is consistently ineffective and largely fails to land as a comedic entry. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is nonsensical and filled with dull monologues that drag down the experience. | |
| Cinematography | The film features visually engaging elements, offering a watchable aesthetic despite its structural flaws. | |
| Pacing | The film's quality is divided by its structure: some appreciate the brief flashes of kinetic action, while others find the majority of the runtime to be a tedious slog until the final act. |