
Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) is a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, Louisa (Dame Eileen Atkins), despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose (Emily Blunt). He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring in the process a young apprentice, Tony (Rupert Grint). Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companion... (Full plot summary below)
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Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) is a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, Louisa (Dame Eileen Atkins), despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose (Emily Blunt). He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring in the process a young apprentice, Tony (Rupert Grint). Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client.
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| Critic's NotebookRobert LevinThe movie's a grand, quick-witted entertainment, a throwback in the best, most welcome sense. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfIt's a film that should've been deranged and malicious. Instead, Wild Target aims to be cute, which completely squanders the potential of the material. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyThere 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. |
| ABC Radio BrisbaneMatthew ToomeyBill Nighy nabs most of the laughs with his suave, sarcastic, sophisticated character. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonMovies hardly ever make me laugh out loud, but this one did, more than once, with its unpredictable twists... and unexpected punchlines growing out of the deliciously twisted characters. |
| What Would Toto Watch?Christian TotoTwo delightful stars nudge Wild Target into sleeper territory - but only by a few inches. |
| News of the WorldRobbie CollinWhen Wild Target works it's a lot of fun. There's some decent comic chemistry between the three leads - and this is Grint's first film since Harry Potter 3 that didn't make me want to lob him out the window. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineNighy so far outclasses this film that it makes you shake your head sadly at the waste of his talent...wan, weak, thin fare. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashThe likable and talented cast give it their all, but it's never as zany or funny as it should have been. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaWild Target is the sort of farce where nothing, essentially, is at stake, even as cars crash (including an original Mini Cooper), bullets rip, and knives get hurled with deadly velocity. |