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Wild Target
It's the story of a film that captures the life of a successful man. This man decided not to pursue his last mission to kill a beautiful art thief. As time goes on, things turn out for the man who soon finds himself attracted to him, his current victim.
20 January 1968, London, England, UK
24 April 1985, London, England, UK
8 September 1971, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
29 May 1959, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England, UK
3 April 1943, Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
12 July 1950, London, England, UK
17 February 1976, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
1963, London, England, UK
23 February 1983, Roehampton, London, England, UK
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
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.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.December 02, 2010
"Wild Target" has fast, quippy dialogue and exactly the right actors to drive it home.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.February 03, 2011
...mindless entertainment in a refined style.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.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.November 12, 2010
It's never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned-down hit man.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.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.February 12, 2011
Two delightful stars nudge Wild Target into sleeper territory - but only by a few inches.