Wild Target

At The Cinema WILD TARGET

“ When veteran hit man Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) finds himself unable to kill his latest target, Rose (Emily Blunt), he winds up with an unexpected sidekick, Tony (Rupert Grint), who thinks Victor is a detective in this action-packed comedy from Britain. Now, with Rose and Tony tagging along, Victor tries to deal with the dual forces of his overbearing mother (Eileen Atkins) and a very angry client (Rupert Everett) who wants Rose dead. "Half now, Half later" WILD TARGET "I hate when they do that" (Roll) The brilliance of this move is that it walked the thinnest line possible, where one misstep would have sent it into full-blown Jerry Lewis slap-stick.  It never happened.  The film is instead a classic, droll,  British tour de force.  In an  opening scene (depicted above) hit man Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) retrieves a bag of money from a rented locker; payment for his latest job.  "Half now, Half later,  ... I hate when they do that,"  he intones"  In the next scene he's matter-of-factly Scotch taping currency halves together. I gave this film 5 stars for the joy it gave me.  Net Flix Instant