Review: Wild Target (12A)****

Bill Nighy stars as Victor Maynard, a meticulous, lethally efficient, middle-aged and unmarried assassin, considered to be the best, having followed in the family business – but still remains under the thumb of his domineering mother, simply referred to as Mother (played brilliantly by Eileen Atkins).

In contrast, Emily Blunt is the reckless, flamboyant and free-spirited thief Rose, aiming for the ultimate art con. After copying a real Rembrandt, she hands the fake version to art-loving gangster Ferguson (Rupert Everett), who makes a phone call to Victor as soon as he realises he's been duped.

Victor sets out to perform the deadly hit in a car park, but as he follows her he finds himself unable to kill her, despite the threat to the family's reputation.

Dismayed at Victor's inability to dispose of Rose, Ferguson sends his own bodyguard to carry out the job instead – only for Victor to be the knight in shining armour and protect Rose.

What's more, Tony (Rupert Grint) finds himself caught up in the commotion and puts himself down for an apprenticeship with the contract killer. As the unlikely trio go on the run from Ferguson's heavies, including a poloneck-wearing hitman Dixon (Martin Freeman), cue car chases and fast drives down country lanes in a Mini. Performances from the cast cannot be faulted, with Blunt's gloriously gregarious laughter taking over the screen, as does her on-screen rapport with Nighy's buttoned-up hitman and Grint proves he is more than just Harry Potter's sidekick Ron Weasley.