Shoot or Be Shot! (2002)
Starring: William Shatner, Harry Hamlin
Director: J. Randall Argue

I’m a big Shatner fan, but even Captain Kirk couldn’t save this movie. The formulated plot was completely predictable and the acting way too cheezy, even by Shatner standards. I wasn’t laughing with, or even at, this film. It was just a plain waste of time to watch.

The ONLY thing in this movie worth watching is Shatner’s brief, kooky performance. He doesn’t really get enough time on camera to make sitting through the film’s sappy script a salvagable movie watching experience though. Shatner quite simply can’t carry the entire film, given the time alloted to him. If you could edit this movie down to just the enjoyable parts with Shatner, it would be about 15 minutes long. The rest of the movie is simply filler material, at best. I would have rather just watched 90 minutes of Shatner ad-libbing.

If you want to watch a good indy flick with lots of Shatner in it, I’d recommend the movie Free Enterprise instead. Better acting. Better script. Much more Shatner.

If you HAVE to watch every single film Shatner has ever been in, go ahead and watch this. If you just want to watch a good movie, don’t bother.