Bullseye! (1990)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Michael Winner

Writers (WGA):

Leslie Bricusse (story) and
Michael Winner (story) ...

Release Date:

2 November 1990 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They were the world's greatest conmen... almost.

Plot:

Moore and Caine play dual rolls in this off-beat and highly silly caper - a pair of small time con-men and a partnership of nuclear physicists...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Michael Caine	...	Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
Roger Moore	...	Garald Bradley-Smith / Sir John Bevistock
Sally Kirkland	...	Willie
Deborah Moore	...	Flo Fleming
Lee Patterson	...	Darrell Hyde
Mark Burns	...	Nigel Holden
Derren Nesbitt	...	Inspector Grosse
Deborah Leng	...	Francesca
Christopher Adamson	...	Death's Head
Steffanie Pitt	...	Donna Dutch
Eddie Yeoh	...	Korean Bidder
Raymond Johnson	...	Nigerian Bidder
Nadio Fortune	...	Italian Bidder
Amir M. Korangy	...	Iranian Bidder
Angus MacKay	...	Reverend Simkin

Runtime:

Netherlands:93 min | USA:95 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour | Colour (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Inveraray Castle, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Company:

21st Century Film Corporation

Trivia:

The final scenes had the smallest ever crew on a major motion picture. Director Michael Winner operated the camera, cameraman David Wynn-Jones held the reflector. John Cleese moonlighted as soundman, but as he was performing at the same time (the sound recorder was concealed in a book he carried), he did not count as crew.

Quotes:

[Lipton knocks his door and the entire front of the house collapses around him; the hole where the door was saves him from certain death. He wanders away dazed. Willie pulls up in her car]
Willie: What's wrong?
Lipton: I come from a broken home.

A real dud

This film is a real mess and that is especially disappointing considering that Moore and Caine work well together and the opening 25 minutes of the film are mildly entertaining.

The basic premise of the film is that Caine and Moore both play dual roles, firstly as an evil pairing (scientists) and as a good pairing (con-men). It's a silly premise but it works well on its own terms at first but once the evil pair are aware of what the good pair is doing, the film disintegrates. The plot becomes more and more convoluted and incomprehensible as the film goes along and therefore all the potential entertainment is extinguished. Caine and Moore aren't to blame for the film's failure as they both give good performances; the fault lies with director Michael Winner.

Even the cameo by John Cleese at the end is muffed.