Wild Target

WILD TARGET (2010) - Aug. 2, 2011
A disappointing film about an aging hitman who finds himself unable to kill his latest target, and who instead winds up protecting her (along with a random young man who finds himself embroiled in their shenanigans).  Though the film was well acted and generally affable enough, it's never quite as fun as it thinks it is, and drags in parts.  It doesn't help that it takes a while to warm up to the Emily Blunt character, as she is essentially portrayed as a complete sociopath, gleefully causing car crashes, stealing everything in sight, using her sexuality as a tool of manipulation, and scamming someone out of almost a million dollars (all within the first ten minutes or so of the film).  There's also the issue of the film eventually establishing romantic tension between Blunt and Bill Nighy, which is just gross (aside from the vast age gap, there is zero romantic chemistry between the two).  **