Bullseye! (1990)

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. As con-men, they use their uncanny ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Winner

Writers:

Leslie Bricusse (story), Michael Winner (story),

Stars:

Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Sally Kirkland

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Caine	...	Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
Roger Moore	...	Garald Bradley-Smith / Sir John Bevistock
Sally Kirkland	...	Willie
Deborah Moore	...	Flo Fleming (as Deborah Barrymore)
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

Storyline

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. As con-men, they use their uncanny resemblance to the high-living scientists to con their way to the scientists' safety deposit boxes, but in so-doing become entangled in a shady world of spies and international intrigue.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | caper | double | kilt | grifter | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 1990 (UK)

Also Known As:

Atraco a falda armada

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

21st Century Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last film that producer Menahem Golan worked with director Michael Winner.

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Quotes

Garald Bradley-Smith: [to the audience, after a gun blows off a plastic head] I've heard of losing your head over a girl, but this...

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Crazy Credits

Appearing without the permission of his mother: John Cleese as the man on the beach in Barbados who looks like John Cleese.

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Connections

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

User Reviews

'hit' rather than 'eye' in the title would be better...

Oh dear. I'm a big fan of Mr Caine and Mr Moore, and to be honest those two in the lead roles are the only reason to watch the film. Anyone lesser would have made it an utter waste of time.

The film is hackneyed with an incomprehensible plot. Films based on 'doubles' are always dodgy, so much so that even in the 30s it was considered bad plotting to use them in detective stories. At some points in the film I just didn't know who was meant to be whom, and by the time of the second 'double cross' I just lost interest.

While Caine and Moore were at times hilarious ('I come from a broken home...')a lot of the jokes and effects made me cringe. The scene where the train porter gets his head blown off had me rewinding to see if my eyes had not deceived me. That has to be the worst special effect for many years!

I also found the very obvious pitching of the film to the American audience patronising in the extreme. Tourist shots of London, Highland Games, stately homes, stuffy clubs, 'punk' taxi drivers and an unconvincing portrayal of the Queen - all this type of thing was being done far better and with greater irony by the Comic Strip team years before.

So don't expect a great plot or gags but if you like Caine and Moore, it's worth watching - just.