Point Blank

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Point Blank

1967

1h 32m

Crime

Drama

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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. He gets his first lead when a mysterious man (Keenan Wynn) tells him that Reese is now part of a vast criminal organization and dating Walker's wife's sister, Chris (Angie Dickinson). But after contacting Chris, Walker discovers that in truth she loathes Reese and is willing to help him get justice.

Critics Consensus

Shot with hard-hitting inventiveness and performed with pitiless cool by Lee Marvin, Point Blank is a revenge thriller that exemplifies that exemplifies the genre's strengths with extreme prejudice.

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Peter Tonguette

Wall Street Journal

Apr 16

Whatever turns Mr. Boorman’s career took, though, “Point Blank” remains icily distinctive for finding a wholly fresh way into an old theme.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

03/29/2013

4/5

An almost experimental discourse on crime, punishment and revenge brilliantly shot by Philip H. Lathrop.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

03/28/2013

4/5

An intriguing, disorientating 60s artefact.

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

May 13

A film that propels itself into action as a way to reclaim a lost purpose, shielding itself from the existential horror of standing still.

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

May 13

Point Blank was an exciting pick to join the Criterion library, yet it feels like a film that could have been included long ago. Now it’s finally here, and the results are terrific.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

May 7

3.5/4

a jazz-like riff on story beats and characters familiar from countless other genre movies, but made frequently surreal through visual style and narrative dismemberment

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Max M.

@Househuntermax Apr 25

Great Parker adaptation. Production quality is just OK though. But if you wanna see Lee Marvin smack people around for an hour and a half this is your movie.

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Senor P

@NosferatuZodd Nov 29

Lee's performance is mythic and magnificent, and hats off to Mr. Boorman for directing this masterpiece.

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Richard B

@RT30887416 Nov 21

The sound was awful and the cinematography jumpy, but Lee Marvin and Angie Dickenson delivered some decent performances. Gratuitous violence galore seemed to be the main point, which took too long to get to. Interiors were bizarre. I eventually turned it off in frustration.

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tucker s

@tucker83014 Sep 21

Absolutely brilliant film. Decades ahead of it's time.

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William T

@RT03940078 Sep 17

Tries to be to be symbolic and provoke interperation but turned out to be just confusing and boring, turned it off after 15 minutes

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Aug 26

An influential cult classic in recognizable form we see in few action flicks today, except there’s a sense of nuanced style driving the plot more ambiguously fitting to possibly lean on more than just a vengeance story, with Lee Marvin’s performatively solidifying attribution. (B+)

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Synopsis

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. He gets his first lead when a mysterious man (Keenan Wynn) tells him that Reese is now part of a vast criminal organization and dating Walker's wife's sister, Chris (Angie Dickinson). But after contacting Chris, Walker discovers that in truth she loathes Reese and is willing to help him get justice.

Director: John Boorman
Producer: Judd Bernard, Robert Chartoff
Screenwriter: Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, Rafe Newhouse
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Winkler Films
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 32m