The Target

As a notorious crime lord, Christo (Simon Majiba), is about to be released from a South African prison and Alex Laney (Christopher Lambert) is hired to protect corrupt accountant Robert Nile (Dennis Hopper), who has a history with Christo. With Nile's adult daughter (Diane Kruger) in tow, they go to ...more

The Target is a movie of two distinct halves -- both flawed, but with merit. The first part is set in Capetown's business district and is a competent mob movie, with enough action and plot twists to fill its own film. Then, right at the 47 minute mark, the climax arrives as Robert Nile Dennis Hopper, now in a small town in the outback, throws his very bad hairpiece off his head and gives a hug to the native woman who raised him. That done, The Target (the original title, The Piano Player, had to ...more