Rotten
Targets isn't a very good film, but it is an interesting one.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Targets
TARGETS are people...and you could be one of them!
1968 · 1h 30m · R
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
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Targets
Overview
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
Director and cast
- Peter Bogdanovich Director
- Tim O'Kelly as Bobby Thompson
- Boris Karloff as Byron Orlok
- Arthur Peterson as Ed Loughlin
- Monte Landis as Marshall Smith
- Nancy Hsueh as Jenny, Orlock's Secretary
- Peter Bogdanovich as Sammy Michaels
- Daniel Ades as Ludlum the Chauffeur
- Stafford Morgan as Salesman
- James Brown Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An interesting response to the demands of low-budget genre filmmaking.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Aware of the virtue of implied violence, Bogdanovich conveys moments of shock, terror, suspense and fear.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A fascinatingly complex commentary on American mythology, exploring the relationship between the inner world of the imagination and the outer world of violence and paranoia, both of which were relevant to contemporary American traumas.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Targets scores an unnerving bullseye.
Howard Thompson, New York Times
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