"Bullseye!" is a movie that SHOULD have worked well. After all, it stars Michael Caine and Roger Moore AND the story idea, though unbelievable, is fun and original. But somehow the film still doesn't work...mostly because of the writing. It lacked cleverness and instead chose to be kooky and silly....making the film rather trivial instead of a must-see.
Michael Caine and Roger Moore play dual roles. They play both career criminals AND folks who are working on a power source like cold fusion. But these well respected men are also crooks....just white collar ones who live respectable lives.
Here comes a HUGE problem with the film...the notion of nearly identical strangers. And when the crooks learn they are identicals, they plan on impersonating them and raiding their safety deposit boxes, since the researchers are rich...very rich.
After successfully raiding the boxes, the pair are surprised when the government captures them and offers them an unexpected bargain. They'll be allowed to keep the stolen contents of the boxes IF they continue to impersonate the nuclear researchers. Why? Because the rich guys are ALSO crooks. They have falsely reported that their research is a failure and instead of giving the secret of cheap energy to the Americans and Brits (as per their agreement), the plan to auction it off to ANYONE who has the money...anyone.
At first, I thought that the bad thing about the movie would be having the actors play dual roles. However, this is just a small problem compared to the serious problems...the film is just dopey. It's like the writers were the same ones who wrote the "Get Smart" reunion movies and the folks who wrote Roger Moore's double-entendres when he played James Bond. I simply cannot imagine anyone liking the results....and the film is a total waste of two fine actors.
According to my wife, she thinks the actors must have been high when they signed on to make these films. While this might not be the case, it would explain a lot.
Michael Caine and Roger Moore play dual roles. They play both career criminals AND folks who are working on a power source like cold fusion. But these well respected men are also crooks....just white collar ones who live respectable lives.
Here comes a HUGE problem with the film...the notion of nearly identical strangers. And when the crooks learn they are identicals, they plan on impersonating them and raiding their safety deposit boxes, since the researchers are rich...very rich.
After successfully raiding the boxes, the pair are surprised when the government captures them and offers them an unexpected bargain. They'll be allowed to keep the stolen contents of the boxes IF they continue to impersonate the nuclear researchers. Why? Because the rich guys are ALSO crooks. They have falsely reported that their research is a failure and instead of giving the secret of cheap energy to the Americans and Brits (as per their agreement), the plan to auction it off to ANYONE who has the money...anyone.
At first, I thought that the bad thing about the movie would be having the actors play dual roles. However, this is just a small problem compared to the serious problems...the film is just dopey. It's like the writers were the same ones who wrote the "Get Smart" reunion movies and the folks who wrote Roger Moore's double-entendres when he played James Bond. I simply cannot imagine anyone liking the results....and the film is a total waste of two fine actors.
According to my wife, she thinks the actors must have been high when they signed on to make these films. While this might not be the case, it would explain a lot.