2025/08/09

Targets (1968)

Actually pretty nice!

It takes a little while to really get going. At first you kinda wonder why you're seeing these two stories happen and how they could possibly be connected to each other, but once shit started to happen I couldn't look away.

Two stories happen simultaneously: an old actor who wants to retire because he sees the world move on from him and his old movies, and a random fucking guy who snaps and develops homicidal impulses. It's two very different moods that pay off together really well.

I guess the real villain of this story is cars and car-centric infrastructure cus OH MY GOD. There are so many shots of highways, suburbs, A GIGANTIC PARKING LOT. I can totally understand how living there will make you wanna kill everyone.