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Point Blank (1967)

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Based on Donald E. Westlake's novel The Hunter, John Boorman's gangster film hauntingly merges a generic revenge story with a European art cinema sensibility. In Alcatraz to divvy up the spoils from a robbery, thief Walker (Lee Marvin) is instead shot point blank by his double-crossing friend Mal Reese (John Vernon) and left to die while Reese takes off with Walker's wife Lynne (Sharon Acker) and his $93,000. Resurrected, the stone-faced Walker returns to Los Angeles a couple of years later to

Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: John Boorman

Written By: Donald E. Westlake, Alexander Jacobs

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1967 Wide

On DVD: Jul 5, 2005

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Lee Marvin
Walker
Angie Dickinson
Chris
Keenan Wynn
Fairfax
Carroll O'Connor
Brewster
John Vernon
Mal Reese
Sharon Acker
Lynne
Michael Strong
Stegman
Lloyd Bochner
Frederick Carter
James B. Sikking
Hired Gun
Sandra Warner
Waitress
Roberta Haynes
Mrs. Carter
Kathleen Freeman
1st Citizen
Victor Creatore
Carter's Man
Lawrence Hauben
Car Salesman
Susan Holloway
Customer
Sid Haig
Guard
Michael Patrick Bell
Penthouse Lobby Guard
Priscilla Boyd
Receptionist
Ron Walters
Roommates
Rico Cattani
Guard
Bill Hickman
Guard
Chuck Hicks
Guard
Karen Lee
Waitress
Joseph Mell
Man
Felix Silla
Bellhop
Ted White
Football Player
Carey Foster
Dancer
Lou Whitehill
Policeman
James Sikking

Critic Reviews for Point Blank

All Critics (27) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)

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.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Gritty, raw crime drama featuring tough Lee Marvin.

February 21, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

O roteiro pouco inspirado ganha novos contornos gra�as � performance durona de Marvin e, principalmente, as experi�ncias de montagem feitas por Henry Berman.

March 24, 2007 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Heady stuff, and the third best film of 1967.

July 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies Source: Goatdog's Movies

This is the film Mel Gibson was hoping he could duplicate. Sorry, Mel.

June 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...one of the best, toughest, and most grimly cold-blooded mystery noirs Hollywood has given us.

June 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Marvin carries much of the film on his gravelly, innate charm, but even he can't sustain one note that long

June 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Influenced by the classy Euro-art style of French director Alain Resnais.

January 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Scary and exciting at the same time, establishing Lee Marvin as the original Terminator.

July 30, 2003 Comment

Bryant Frazer

Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

What makes Point Blank so extraordinary is Boorman's virtuoso use of such unconventional avant-garde stylistics to saturate the proceedings with a classical noir mood of existential torpor and romanticized fatalism.

July 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

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Badass.

April 4, 2007

Bob Stinson

Super Reviewer

Lee Marvin is double-crossed for a little folding green and goes after the skunks who shorted him. That's the plot, revenge, old school, but the presentation is film noir --- in color. John Boorman directs an all star cast with Euro- art house flair from Alcatraz to L.A. and back again through this icy river of human desire. Tasty indeed.

August 19, 2011