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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.
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A ruthless crook, Walker (Lee Marvin), is betrayed by his partner, Mal Reese (John Vernon), who leaves him for dead on Alcatraz Island. Having survived, Walker returns years later to get revenge.
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- Lee Marvin
- John Boorman
- Crime, Drama
Jul 12, 2019 · 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.
Point Blank: Directed by John Boorman. With Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor. After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- John Boorman
- 1967-08-31
Dec 10, 2019 · The first fifteen minutes of Point Blank is replete with visual innovation that abandons the closed-form story-telling in favor of lyrical, dreamlike expressions. Boorman forgoes linear logic by often freely intertwining sounds, images, and dialogues from the near-past.
Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin, co-starring Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn and Carroll O'Connor, and adapted from the 1963 crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark.
Point Blank is a visual and storytelling tour de force: From the animal naturalism of Lee Marvin, to the highly influential neo-noir stylings of director John Boorman, so evident in the marvelous shadows and neon signage of the night driving scenes.
