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Guns Up Reviews
An enjoyable action romp, thanks to Drake’s punchy direction and strong character work.
Guns Up mostly plays out in stale fashion.
Slight but adequate addition to what is becoming an overcrowded genre.
At just over 90 minutes, Guns Up still manages to drag, never committing to either heartfelt family drama or pulpy, over-the-top violence.
Is it perfect? No. Some jokes miss. Some action sequences feel too choreographed, too clean for the stakes they’re meant to carry. But what lingers is the film’s heart.
A fun action/comedy romp with surprising performances from Kevin James and Christina Ricci.
...solid subject matter that’s employed to watchable (albeit entirely forgettable) effect...
The novelty of Kevin James as an action star has worn off—not because of James himself, but because Guns Up brings nothing new to the genre.
Requires a lot more patience than even the most diehard of action buffs might be willing to give it.
Guns Up is solid proof that a familiar story, told with grit and heart, can be enough. It’s an undeniable victory for Kevin James, who proves that he can pull off an action hero. It's entertaining if, admittedly, not too deep.
Christina Ricci is innocent, but even her turn cannot make this tonally inconsistent mess feel more than some sort of parody served with a straight face.
Guns Up isn’t a bad film, but it does feel like this premise could have been executed stronger if it stayed in one action genre lane instead of bouncing back and forth between gruesome bloodshed and a winking comedy.
Expect a surprise with Ricci's fierce mother performance (and her unusual past) and prepare for gunfire and blood galore. If you like this genre and aren't too demanding, Guns Up will give you a good time. [Full Review in Spanish]
An enjoyable enough genre film for fans of the cast and action films.
Packed with bullets, blood, and bursts of humor, it’s a title that should easily satisfy fans of John Woo-style heroic violence, while also appealing to those longing for the gritty-yet-playful action movies of the past.
Guns Up isn’t the most original film of the year, but it is one of the most fun.
It's probably not worth the price of a theater ticket, but if you come across it at home or on an airplane, this Kevin James actioner has enough story and laughs to pass a couple of hours.
For a film with a name like “Guns Up,” there’s surprisingly little by way of armed shootouts until the final act. For a tale of a family man moonlighting as a mob enforcer, the story and action lack the urgency suggested by its one-last-job premise.
While there are several problems with the film as a whole, perhaps the central one is that there are long stretches where viewers are expected to take the concept at least somewhat seriously, which proves impossible.
Drake delivers an extraordinarily generic offering of violence and cutesiness in “Guns Up,” supplying nothing new to viewers as the endeavor goes through a tiresome routine of shoot-outs and unwelcome broadness.