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Given that writer/director Michael Davis� entire m.o. with Shoot �Em Up was to come up with new and interesting ways for people to die in gun battles, there�s a lot of competition for this coveted spot. Death by carrot, anyone? But he saves the best for last, when Clive Owen�s Mr. Smith dispatches Paul Giamatti�s Mr. Hertz by shooting him� without a gun. Having had his fingers broken by Hertz, Smith retreats to a living room and the warmth of a roaring fire. Gloating, Hertz stands over him, but can�t resist a quick spot of monologuing. �Tell me I�m dead on about you,� he says. �Say that again,� asks Smith. �Tell me I�m dead �� And that�s when Owen reveals that he�s had five bullets crammed between his fingers, just heating up and ready to be let loose in Giamatti�s chest. OK, so the kill quip is contrived, but for outrageousness and ingenuity, this is hard to beat.
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