Target
- 1985
- Tous publics
- 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.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Carla
- (as Ilona Grubel)
Avis à la une
"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.
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
- Pays d’origine
- Langues
- 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