Wild Target
Longing to get out of the assassination business, a hit man decides not to follow through with his latest assignment to kill a pretty art thief. And soon he finds himself drawn to her, his intended victim.
17 February 1976, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
23 February 1983, Roehampton, London, England, UK
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1964, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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3 April 1943, Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
12 December 1949, Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
24 August 1988, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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16 June 1934, Clapton, London, England, UK
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December 25, 2010
"Wild Target" bears all the hallmarks of [director Jonathan] Lynn's best films, despite being, even at a tidy 90 minutes, a bit too long.
November 18, 2010
The film has to fly by its wits -- and its witty lines -- and by the charm of its stars. This it does, just barely.
October 29, 2010
An eccentric little comic thriller filled with enough laughs that I was mostly willing to overlook the fact that it makes virtually no sense as a thriller.
December 10, 2010
Wild Target is the sort of madcap comedy that breaks a sweat trying to generate a steady stream of laughs, but ... the film only works in fits and starts.
February 12, 2011
Two delightful stars nudge Wild Target into sleeper territory - but only by a few inches.
November 14, 2016
A few tart, amusing lines echo the fabled Kind Hearts and Coronets, yet this British movie based on a French farce falls into morbid silliness.
November 12, 2010
It's never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned-down hit man.
February 03, 2011
...mindless entertainment in a refined style.
December 02, 2010
When the various elements all fizzle, all we're left with is some likable actors trying their best to save a fading film.
October 29, 2010
There have been a lot of black comedies about assassins lately -- there have been a few just this year -- but Wild Target may be the first one to contain genuine laughs.
December 02, 2010
"Wild Target" has fast, quippy dialogue and exactly the right actors to drive it home.
November 01, 2010
Practically a text book in how ugly things can get when you don't have the right, light touch for this sort of thing.
