Target - target

Movie
German title	Target - target
Original title	Target
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1985
length	113 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Arthur Penn
script	José Luis Navarro Don Petersen
production	David Brown Richard D. Zanuck
music	Michael Small
camera	Jean Tournier
cut	Richard P. Cirincione Stephen A. Rotter
occupation
Gene Hackman : Walter Lloyd / Duncan Potter Matt Dillon : Chris Lloyd / Derek Potter Gayle Hunnicutt : Donna Lloyd Josef Sommer : Taber Guy Boyd : Clay Victoria Fyodorova : Lisa Herbert Berghof : Schröder Werner Pochath : Young agent Randy Moore : Tour Guide Ilona Grübel : Carla Tomas Hnevsa : Henke Jean-Pol Dubois : Glasses James Selby : Ross Ray Fry : Mason Robert Ground : Marine Sergeant Véronique Guillaud : Secretary at the American Consulate Charlotte Bailey : Receptionist Jacques Mignot : Madison Hotel Clerk Robert Liensol : Cafe Vendor

The film Target - Target (alternative title: Target - Abducted in Paris ; Original title: Target ) is an American thriller by Arthur Penn from 1985 .

action

American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped while on vacation in Paris with a tour group. Her husband Walter and her son Chris fly to Paris and look for the wife. Chris is surprised by his father's previously unknown knowledge of foreign languages ​​and his skills in handling weapons. He learns that his father is not a simple businessman, as he previously thought, but a former agent of the CIA .

Walter and Chris find out that the woman was kidnapped by a secret service agent from the Eastern Bloc . There was some fighting and chases, including on the Hamburg jetties . At the finale of the film, Walter and Chris find Donna tied to a chair and gagged in a barn. In their immediate vicinity there is a bomb that has to be defused before they can be liberated and a happy family reunification.

Reviews

The lexicon of the international film judges: “The father-son story, which is interesting in itself, always remains on the surface, the coming to terms with the past is hardly developed. Action elements and the decorations of European locations are in the foreground. Despite routine staging, the film is only entertaining "dozen items". "

David Nusair wrote in Reel Film Reviews that the film was about half an hour too long. Nevertheless, it is " engaging " and " fascinating ". Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon would play effectively.

Spektrum Film judged: “As fast and action-packed as the individual actions are staged [...], the sequences usually seem to be stuttered together, an inner connection is not visible. A second fundamental flaw in the film is the clichés of the story. "

background

The film was shot in Dallas , Corpus Christi ( Texas ), Paris , Berlin , Lübeck and Hamburg , among others . It grossed approximately $ 9 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• Target - Target in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Target at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Target. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Critique by David Nusair
3. ↑ Spectrum Film 6/1986
4. ↑ Filming locations for Target, accessed July 17, 2007
5. ↑ Box office / business for Target, accessed July 17, 2007