Wild Target in Review

This captivating British action/comedy is certainly a film you will not regret watching.  Starring Martin Freeman, Rupert Everett, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy, and Emily Blunt this unique film follows the exploits of a world class con artist, played by Emily Blunt, who cons a very wealthy art coinsurer, played by Rupert Everett, out of 900,000 British Pounds.  Everett’s character, furious about being conned, hires a hit man, played by Nighy, to kill Blunt’s con artist character which ends badly for Nighy’s employer.  After several attempts to kill Blunt’s character fail, Nighy and Grint’s character accidently save her from another hit man, hired by the same man, in a parking garage.  Grint gets involved purely by chance.  His character, a seemingly unreliable pothead teen, just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time  In short, Nighy and Grint end up protecting the person Nighy was supposed to kill from someone who was also hired to kill her.  After this fiasco the group escapes the parking garage and the would be assassin in an ancient Mini Cooper which we later learn was stolen earlier that day by Blunt’s character

            The film’s excellent use of dry wit humor mixed with high tension action scenes makes for a brilliant show.  The three main characters personalities create a hilariously ironic crew of outlaws that, over time, bond and form a tight group of friends.  Nighy’s serious, dry, and all business attitude clashed humorously with Blunt’s reckless and carefree personality and Grint’s laid back stoner outlook.  Nighy’s character even falls in love with Blunt’s character and they end up together in the end.  All in all, this film combines classic British dry wit with modern action and adventure and an endlessly witty and entertaining plot to create a truly excellent movie, it is definitely worth watching.