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But if they'd forked over, there wouldn't have been a movie, and as suspense thrillers go "Point Blank" is pretty good. It gets back into the groove of Hollywood thrillers, after the recent glut of spies, counterspies, funny spies, anti-hero spies and spy-spier spies.
93% Tomatometer 40 Reviews 84% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings A ruthless crook, Walker (Lee Marvin), is betrayed by his partner, Mal Reese (John Vernon), who leaves him for dead on Alcatraz Island...
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- Lee Marvin
- John Boorman
- Crime, Drama
Jul 29, 2011 · Point Blank. R Released Jul 29, 2011 1h 24m Mystery & Thriller Action Crime Drama List. 91% Tomatometer 79 Reviews 77% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings A man (Gilles Lellouche) finds himself...
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Jul 12, 2019 · Brian Tallerico July 12, 2019. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Joe Lynch ’s “Point Blank” starts with enough propulsive energy that you strap in, ready for an action movie thrill ride. Two great character actors, a fun premise, a director who knows how to execute tight action sequences--sign me up.
- An Outsider’S Vision
- A Modern Day Gangster Tale
- This Is Marvin’s Movie
- Looking Past The Film
- The Plight of The Modern Man
- Conclusion
It has been shown repeatedly in cinema that a director working in foreign territory can bring brilliant results. Jules Dassin made Rififi in France, Canadian Ted Kotcheff made Australia’s best film with Wake in Fright, and Polish Roman Polanski made one of the definitive American noir films with Chinatown; these are just some of the examples of tal...
When breaking down the plot of Point Blank, it sounds like a quite conventional neo-noir film, essentially a man vs the mob plot with the undercurrent of the worn-out revenge genre, fueled by the 1970’s nihilistic energy of the time. Lee Marvin stars as Walker (originally named Parker in the novel), a career criminal who is recruited by old friend ...
As seen in the film’s pre-production stages, Lee Marvin was an incredibly important factor in getting it made at all. Whilst most actors like to use their star power to fuel their personal passion projects, this film was much more personal for Marvin, who saw himself within the disillusioned character of Walker. This was something that Boorman caug...
The common interpretation of the bizarre journey of Point Blank is that we’re witnessing Walker’s death dream, with the idea that he died in Alcatraz prison and everything we see is a fantastical revenge fantasy dreamt by the dying protagonist. The film backs up this theory quite frequently with its narrative and stylistic choices, such as the impo...
Walker represents the modern man in other ways, due to his quest for vengeance reflecting that of the normal civilian, who is sold the illusion of free will and the “American Dream”. Throughout the film, Walker is convinced he is a lone wolf in his quest for revenge, one man who is slowly unbuckling the system that screwed him over. This is what ma...
Much like The Great Train Robbery, Point Blankhas had a subtle but revolutionary impact on cinema, most notably the American crime genre and introducing French New Wave tactics into mainstream narratives. The film’s notable scattershot editing was something shocking to witness in 1967, having the same mind-blowing effect on people that Bonnie and C...
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Jul 12, 2019 · Netflix's Point Blank Review. Point Blank is a Netflix Original movie, premiering Friday, July 12. Netflix's latest in their line of "modestly okay" movies to doze off to is Point...
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, " Point Blank has its reasonably diverting moments, but high energy and fast-paced action can't disguise this remake's frustratingly middling storytelling."
