Wild Target: Blu-Ray: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM
Take one undying pirate cursed to ride the waves through eternity, one devil in prada, and one young wizard and it seems you have the start of a supernatural epic. Take the actors that play them, mix them all together and you have a fun romp through the business of thievery, forgery, and assassination.
Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) is a true master of is craft, the art of the assassination. A man who you would take no notice of, Victor is a man of many talents that all pertain to his powers of assassination. He is the perfect man for the job (if the job is death) until that one fateful day he gets an eyeful of a bumbling, thieving, con woman by the name of Rose (Emily Blunt). All of a sudden, the job is not the only thing in life he wants and an odd courtship starts between Victor and Rose with a little side of craziness thrown in by the name of Tony (Rupert Grint), an apprentice in training who knows nothing of the job he is learning about. Add a crazy mother (Eileen Atkins) worried about her son and the family business, a replacement killer after the target and his competition, and a plethora of goofy hiijinks makes this a fun look into the life of a man lost in his own little world and the women he needs to drag him out into society.
JAMS Ink on Wild Target
I had seen the previews for this one many time in the Fox Blu-rays I had reviewed before, and I seemed to hover between being excited for it and thinking it looked like overblown British humor. But I have to admit that I loved this movie. From the bumbling way that our pretty little thief Rose walks through life with everything falling into place (even the attempted assassination goes asunder due to her perkiness and luck) to the clinical way Victor goes through the motions of his life and his work. Tony plays a fun foil between an adopted son to an implied love interest to a confusing ambiguity, and Rupert Grint does a great job throughout.
I recommend this one to anyone that is a fan of a cute romantic oddball movie or a fan of British dry humor. It has a bit of the Monty Python feel without being too over-the-top, but also has the feel of one of my favorite movie ever Gross Pointe Blank which also deals with the love interest of a hitman who refuses to take the final job that involves his love.
EXTRAS
On Target with Emily Blunt is a fun sit-down with Emily Blunt, but otherwise there are no extras included with this movie. I am really kind of bummed about that as I think the gag reel could have been hilarious with this crew.
Wild Target from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is a fun romp through the life of a man who takes lives. That is until he finds one he needs to be a part of. Make this DVD a part of your collection on February 8, 2011 and live life to the fullest.
Wild Target 1-Disc Blu-ray
Street Date: February 8, 2011
Screen Format: Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
U.S. Rating: PG 13
Total Run Time: 1:47:13 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
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