Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

mistoppi Point Blank is a decent action thriller. It's thrilling, action scenes look good and the main character is easy to root for. The cinematography is also very nice. More artistic than in most action movies, and very nice colours. But while it all clicks it doesn't really stand out from the typical action movies. So in short, it's alright. If you like action movies, it's worth seeing, but if you'd like to see something different, then maybe this movie isn't for you.

morrison-dylan-fan When looking for French Thriller titles on Amazon UK,this was the title that always appeared at the top.Planning to buy the DVD,I was pleased to spot that the movie was about to appear on BBC iPlayer,which The plot:Checking the wards after speaking to his pregnant wife Nadia, Samuel Pierret spots a mysterious man running out of a room.Entering the room,Pierret finds the man (who has been left knocked out by a crash) has been taken off his respirator. Quickly putting the respirator back on,Pierret gets the situation under control. Embracing Nadia at home, Samuel and his wife are attacked by some thugs,who knock Samuel out. Waking up on his own,Samuel gets a call from the thugs and is told that if he wants to see Nadia alive again,he must get the knocked out patient out of the hospital.View on the film:Dragged into a murky underworld at point blank range, Gilles Lellouche gives a great performance as Samuel Pierret,whose raw red eyes and leathery face allow Lellouche to give the title a gripping roughness. Waking up dazed and confused, Roschdy Zem glides with the coolness of a Neo-Noir rebel in his magnetic performance as the knocked out stranger Hugo Sartet,with Zem slowly building a level of respect that Startet shares with Samuel,which is joined by Zem giving Sartet an icy bluntness on attacking those who want him out of the hospital.Firing Samuel out of his blue collar life,the screenplay by co- writer/(along with Guillaume Lemans) director Fred Cavayé spins a thrilling Neo-Noir web which pulls excellent,double dealing cops into Samuel and Sartet's loners on the run spree. Despite fading away in for the ending,the writers keep the Neo-Noir anxiety burning away,as Samuel finds himself being tied to Sartet's tough deals.Running with Samuel and Sartet, Cavayé & cinematographer Alain Duplantier keep track with chic Neo-Noir style cast across the screen in rapid-fire whip-pans locating every escape route the guys have. Along with the chase shine, Cavayé gives the gritty shoot-outs and fight scenes a moody darkness cast by dried up colours,as Samuel,Sartet and Nadia try not to reach their grosse pointe blank.

carbuff Male nurse as reluctant action hero--who would have thought that this would work, and work so well at that. This is another in a string of recent French films that seem to be strongly influenced by traditional American action movies. I just hope the French know when to stop with this trend and don't lose their Frenchness. If all else fails, at least Asians are currently blowing Hollywood action flicks out of the water, so there's still somewhere else to go. The plot is reasonably original and the action starts quickly and doesn't let up until the end. Strangely, for me at least, the movie seemed longer than its run time (which didn't bother me at all because it was very good), probably because there is so much crammed into it. Overall, a really solid action/thriller with some unique twists and solid performances throughout.

Tweekums The opening scene of this French thriller sees an injured man being chased by two men with guns; just as it looks as though they have caught him he is struck by a motorcycle. He is taken to hospital where his pursuers make another attempt on his life; this time he is saved by trainee nurse Samuel Pierret. This turns out to be a dangerous move for Samual as soon after his pregnant wife, Nadia, is kidnapped by the injured man's brother… it turns out he saved is wanted criminal Hugo Sartet. Samual manages to get Hugo out of the hospital but the police are closing in on them rapidly. The planned exchange Hugo for Nadia doesn't go as planned then before they can arrange another meeting Hugo's brother is killed and Nadia is held by another far more dangerous group; a squad of corrupt cops who will do anything to ensure that their involvement in the murder of a wealthy business man stays hidden… including killing honest cops and eliminating anybody who knows what they did.At around eighty minutes in length this is hardly a long film and it seems even shorter as the action barely lets up for a moment. Apart from a couple of establishing scenes featuring Sam and Nadia it is all action as Sam and Hugo flee their pursuers and ultimately turn the tables on them. The action feels very real and painful; it is also quite shocking at times. This is helped by the fact that protagonist Sam, excellently played by Gilles Lellouche isn't a tough guy action man; he is just an ordinary man driven by extraordinary circumstances. The rest of the cast also perform well making the characters believable. Overall a nice taut thriller that shows you don't need car chases and exploding helicopters to make an exciting film… I'd certainly recommend it.These comments are based on watching the film in French with English subtitles.