Product Details

• Actors: Jason Bateman, John Glover, Jack Wagner, Chynna Phillips, Donna Mitchell
• Directors: Chris Thomson
• Writers: Andy Tennant, Ed Hunsaker
• Producers: Andy Tennant, Christopher Morgan, David Roessell, Ed Hunsaker, Jill Griffith
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002CR040
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,876 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Moving Target" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

What would you do if you returned home only to find it wasn t there anymore? This jarring breakneck-paced thriller starring Jason Bateman (Starsky & Hutch) and Chynna Phillips (Say Anything) is a white-knuckle ride that delivers thrills at every turn! After escaping the drudgery of music camp Toby Kellogg (Bateman) returns home to find his house empty and his family missing. He also finds himself being pursued by suspicious men in suits and a gun-crazy hitman! With the help of the pretty girl (Phillips) he s recently recruited to play in his band Toby tries desperately to figure out what s going on. But can he find his family before his pursuers find him first?System Requirements: Running Time 94 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 027616911285 Manufacturer No: 1006990

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack Wagner Rocks, February 8, 2008

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Everlong Gone (philly pa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moving Target (DVD)

Jack Wagner is excellent as he plays against type as the evil hitman in this NBC telefilm from 1988. Worth seeking out for Wagner's performance alone.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cheesy, very dated, and well... the beginning of a great career, August 31, 2009

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B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moving Target (DVD)

I don't know exactly when Jason Bateman started his career, but after watching Arrested Development the last several years (reruns of course) I wanted to tune into Moving Target to find out what he looked like as a teenager. WOW, haha. He looks pretty much the same as he does now, except he's much smaller, and I THINK I remember Jason Bateman being somewhat of a chick magnet for all the teenage girls out there back in the late 80's.

Anyway, while I didn't expect Arrested Development-type quality while watching Moving Target (or a comedy for that matter) I can't say this movie does a whole lot of things differently from all the other similar "run from bad guys- shoot bad guys" movies that are out there.

The only difference in this film compared to the many similar ones from the same time period is that Bateman plays a teenage boy in this movie as the main character, and he has to run from the bad guy that supposedly has connections to the mob and forces Bateman's parents to change their names and where they live. Why didn't the parents tell Bateman about any of this and instead waited for him to return home from summer camp to find out his parents no longer lived there, so Bateman's character has to be worried sick and constantly confused? I have no idea. Maybe a case of bad parenting. Actually I think it's because Bateman chose to skip summer camp and he ran away early to return home. Maybe the parents WERE planning to tell him when he arrived home.

Anyway, it's somewhat cheesy as far as the acting is concerned, but because it's an older film there's something somewhat appealing about the occasional sloppy writing and acting skills. I liked it. Bateman went on to much much MUCH better things (such as Arrested Development) but this movie ain't bad for what it is.

4.0 out of 5 stars Moving Target, June 25, 2010

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Willard R. Stephen (South eastern Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moving Target (DVD)

I found this to be an intrieging suspense thriller with a minimum of violence and a happy ending. This is a rare combination in recent releases. I found it well excepted and enjoyed by teen age audiences.