Target (1985)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Arthur Penn

Writers:

José Luis Navarro (writer)
Don Petersen (writer)

Release Date:

8 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Nothing exciting ever happened in Chris' family. But within 48 hours, his mother will be kidnapped, His father will be forced to reveal a secret past and he will find himself at the center of an adventure he never dreamed could happen to him. [US Theatrical]

Plot:

Chris Lloyd does NOT get along with his father Walter. Walter is too careful, cautious, and boring to Chris...

Plot Keywords:

Drive By Shooting | Fire | Gagged And Bound | Spy | American Abroad

Cast

Gene Hackman	...	Walter Lloyd / Duncan (Duke) Potter
Matt Dillon	...	Chris Lloyd / Derek Potter
Gayle Hunnicutt	...	Donna Lloyd
Randy Moore	...	Tour Director
Ilona Grübel	...	Carla (as Ilona Grubel)
Tomas Hnevsa	...	Henke
Jean-Pol Dubois	...	Glasses
Robert Ground	...	Marine Sergeant
Véronique Guillaud	...	Secretary American Consulate
Charlotte Bailey	...	Receptionist
James Selby	...	Ross
Ray Fry	...	Mason
Josef Sommer	...	Taber
Jacques Mignot	...	Madison Hotel Clerk
Robert Liensol	...	Cafe Vendor

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:14 | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

CBS Entertainment Production

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chris leaves the US embassy in Berlin, he takes a mercedes cab. He does not change cabs but the used cars change several times and one of them has even French registration plates.

Quotes:

Walter Lloyd: [to Mason] Do yourself a favor and take the rest of your life off. If I see you again ... I won't see you again.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Arthur Penn (1995)

Soundtrack:

Lost In Love

Much To Do About Nothing

Missed seeing this film over the years as I am a big fan of Gene Hackman, (Walter Llyod/Duke Potter),"Absolute Power", who plays the role as the average husband and wife with a son who is not very close to his father at all. Matt Dillon,(Chris Llyod/Derek Potter),"Loverboy", plays the son and Gayle Hunnicutt(Donna Llyod) "Dream Lover", is the wife who tries her very best to get her Walter to become closer to their son Chris. Donna disappears while she is on a tour in a foreign country and then the story gets quite complicated with lots of guns going off and plenty of car chases and great photograph in Germany and France. This film builds you up as you start getting interested and sort of goes down hill real fast. I like Gene Hackman and that is the only reason I decided to finish seeing this film.