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A comedy so funny, it's criminal.

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Wild Target

Release Date: Friday, October 29, 2010 NYC/LA

A hitman tries to retire but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Starring: Bill Nighy Emily Blunt Rupert Grint Rupert Everett Eileen Atkins

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 38 m

  • 3.4 / 5
76% 24%

A hitman tries to retire but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Plot

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Bill Nighy is Victor Maynard, a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, Louisa (Eileen Atkins), despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose (Emily Blunt). He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring a young apprentice in the process, Tony (Rupert Grint). Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client (Rupert Everett).
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The film's director Jonathan Lynn last directed The Fighting Temptations. The film's writer Lucinda Coxon last wrote One Life and The Little Stranger.

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language
Runtime
1 hr, 38 m
Tagline
A comedy so funny, it's criminal.
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Language
English

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Wild Target was released in New York / Los Angeles on Friday, October 29, 2010. in around 4 theaters There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Saw 3D, Monsters and Welcome to the Rileys.

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