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Targets [DVD] [1968] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Dan Ades
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Dan Ades, Geraldine Baron, Sandy Baron, Robert Cleaves, Mark Dennis
  • Directors: Peter Bogdanovich
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Aug 2003
  • Run Time: 89 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009RXKC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 108,402 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Terror isn't just on the screen, 10 Sep 2006
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Targets [DVD] [1968] (DVD)
Targets is a great example of the good old days when indie films had plots instead of character studies, were aimed at mass audiences instead of the festival crowd and the awards circuit and when hungry young directors could elevate exploitation flicks into something much more challenging.

Tim Kelly, surprisingly like a more wholesome white-bread Matt Damon, is the all-American boy who one day buys a rifle and plenty of ammo, kills his family and moves on to shooting random human targets, first from a water tower and subsequently from behind the screen at a drive-in movie theatre where Boris Karloff's disillusioned horror star is due to make his last personal appearance. No explanations, no motives, just impersonal mechanical violence that's far worse than any horror film. Similarly, it could be argued that there's no real `point' to the film - just a sad observation of the way that reality can be far worse than the imagination. In many ways Peter Bogdanovich still hasn't made a better film.

Although not extras heavy, the lengthy introduction featurette with Bogdanovich and the director's audio commentary more than make up in quality what the disc lacks in quantity.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars scarily realistic random violence, 12 Aug 2007
This review is from: Targets [DVD] [1968] (DVD)
Intelligent and very effective horror/thriller tracking two simultaneous plot strands - a retiring horror actor's final public appearance and a frighteningly average young man intent on a killing spree with a long-range rifle.
Despite the predictable convergence of the two story lines, the tension is brilliantly sustained. Karloff's lightly humourous strand of the story comes as a welcome relief from the inevitability of the sniper's actions as he gathers his arsenal of guns.
The shocking climax at the drive-in cinema cleverly underlines the stark difference between the innocence of the old fashioned horror the drive-in audience are watching (real footage of Karloff film 'The Terror') and the frightening reality of the film we are watching.
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3.0 out of 5 stars First time Bogdanovich, 9 Feb 2009
By Brendan O. Clarke "brendoclarke" (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Targets [DVD] [1968] (DVD)
"Is that what I was afraid of?" Karloff wonders at the end of this 1968 low budget movie. Although Targets does have faults, not the least of which is its sometimes painfully obvious low-budget, it makes up for these failings with some very effective scenes of suspense and terror, a marvellously well-observed showing by the star, and assured work from Bogdanovich who also wrote, produced and edited the film.
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