Wild Target

So I really only saw this movie because I had nothing else to do and I'd pretty much seen everything else at the Redbox I was at. Even so, with these actors it looked promising. The movie was released last October and brought in about $3 million on it's very surprising $8 million budget.

The movie stars Bill Nighy as Britain's number one professional assassin nearing retirement after a highly successful career. He is then thrown into a cat and mouse chase after he is assigned to kill a free-spirit thief, Emily Blunt, and Rupert Grint who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The plot itself and the action is pretty simple and predictable however the characters are surprising quirky and unique. They are little bit more than the normal one dimensional ones from action/comedies such as this. The characters made the movie feel somewhat fresher than was expected.

The quality of the sets and action are surprising with such a small budget. They did some great budgeting to get three quality actors and greats sets and stunts all in under $8 million.

Emily Blunt was refreshing and vivacious in her role. Bill Nighy was very focused and took on this character with experience. Such a great contrast between his Love Actually performance. Rupert Grint was able to extend a little bit more from his ultrafamous Ron Weasley role although it wasn't too much of a stretch. But he did hold his own with these other two. Rupert Everett and Martin Freeman also brought in some light with their small roles.

Overall, it was pretty entertaining. A nice little British action/comedy movie. It was a little fresh and unique. I'd recommend it for anyone looking for something to watch if you enjoy these types of little underrated British comedies such as these. Nothing spectacular, but it wasn't a waste of time either. "I was standing right behind the door, mother! -- I've told you to never face a closed door" -- Wild Target.