Target
- 1985
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- 1h 57min
Walter Lloyd, un ancien agent de la CIA, mène une vie paisible auprès des siens, qui ignorent son précédent métier. Mais, son passé le rattrape lorsque sa femme est enlevée lors d'un voyage ... Tout lireWalter Lloyd, un ancien agent de la CIA, mène une vie paisible auprès des siens, qui ignorent son précédent métier. Mais, son passé le rattrape lorsque sa femme est enlevée lors d'un voyage à Paris. Père et fils se lancent à sa recherche.Walter Lloyd, un ancien agent de la CIA, mène une vie paisible auprès des siens, qui ignorent son précédent métier. Mais, son passé le rattrape lorsque sa femme est enlevée lors d'un voyage à Paris. Père et fils se lancent à sa recherche.
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- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Carla
- (as Ilona Grubel)
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"Target" concerns the abduction of Walter Lloyd's (Hackman) wife while she is in France with a tour group. Lloyd understands the implications immediately, but his son Chris (Matt Dillon) doesn't: Someone is after Lloyd, or information in his possession. Father and son leave immediately for Europe to find her. There, Chris learns information about his father that he never knew. And that's all I can say without giving the game away - which, if you've seen a lot of these films, is pretty apparent.
The problem with "Target" is in the beginning of the film, which has a TV-movie feel to it. Plus, despite locations in Paris and Germany later on, the beginning has a cheap feel to it due to the music and credits, not to mention some trite dialogue and the usual "try to get to know your son while I'm away" speech. It's a bad set-up.
Gene Hackman is terrific as Walter, and Matt Dillon is fine as his son. The standout performance, in my opinion, is by the great acting guru and Broadway star Herbert Berghof in a rare film appearance toward the end of the movie. There are some excellent European actors as well, including the Russian actress Viktoriya Fyodorova.
If not for the beginning, which threw me off, this would have been a better film.
Well Hackman is once again excellent. He has such a natural and believable way about him in his roles that I find it hard not to be drawn into his character. He's definitely one of those actors who always plays himself, but it doesn't matter as his ability and style just carry it off without a thought. A truly great actor in my mind.
Matt Dillon is also very good, although his younger trademark look of startled deer is ever present.
The plot itself is a good one, in that Hackman plays Dillons father, a boring and very dull man with an equally dull job, in his sons eyes anyway. What quickly transpires is that he is not the speed limit sticking man that his son first thought, he is actually a ex CIA agent.
This change is done very well, with a short set piece in an airport. With the smallest of physical changes, Hackman flips from average father to confident and action ready agent. You can see it in his manner, and it shows his excellent capability as an actor.
The rest of the movie reveals the story as father and son are pulled deeper and deeper into his life, revealing the true extent of his agent activities. His son quickly realises that this is not the father he knew, and quickly grows from off-handedness to total rejection and then to acceptance again.
It is an interesting movie, and the plot is quite good with some interesting action sequences. Where it fails are some of the other actors and the hectic pace of the movie, it seems as though either in filming or editing that crucial parts of the movie have been missed or removed.
Big shame, but it is still good to watch for a Sunday afternoon movie. I think this may kick off my <i>watch every Gene Hackman movie</i> campaign.
Dillon's character grows from being an obnoxious teenager, who sees Dad as an un-hip set of car keys with a hand attached to them, through the astonishing realization that Dad just may be "James Bond".
And Gene Hackman brings his blazing talent to the table, unfolding from a middle-aged, pokey, conservative, 35-mile-an-hour, aw-shucks businessman into a multilingual, multitalented super-spook.
The two interact perfectly! As they face dangers and intrigue together in a wild ride across the globe to save Mom, it is a delight to see them discover and appreciate the depths of each others' characters and become friends and partners.
"Saving Mom", was almost irrelevant!
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThird and final collaboration between actor Gene Hackman and director Arthur Penn. The others were La fugue (1975) and Bonnie et Clyde (1967).
- GaffesChris changes his mind and boards the Berlin plane instead of the Frankfurt plane without rebooking his ticket.
- Citations
Walter Lloyd: I hope you're not going to fool around because I have a lot of things to do.
Donna Lloyd: You mean Miss Twinkle Tits in banking?
- ConnexionsFeatured in At the Movies: The Holcroft Covenant/Bring on the Night/Target (1985)
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Détails
- Date de sortie
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Target - Entführt in Paris
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 13 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 9 023 199 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 2 670 522 $US
- 10 nov. 1985
- Montant brut mondial
- 9 023 199 $US