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Point Blank [VHS] [1967]

VHS ~ Lee Marvin
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Point Blank’s hero, Walker (Lee Marvin), strides through Los Angeles with the steely stare of a stone-cold killer, or perhaps a ghost. Betrayed by his wife and his best friend, who gun him down point-blank and leave him for dead after a successful heist, Walker blasts his way up the criminal food chain in a quest for revenge. Did he survive the shooting, did he return from the grave, or is it all a dying dream?

The question is left in the air in John Boorman's modern film noir, a brutal revenge thriller based on Richard Stark's novel, set in the impersonal concrete and steel canyons of Los Angeles and the eerily empty cells of Alcatraz. Walker kills without remorse, guided by shadowy "informant" Keenan Wynn, whose own agenda is carefully concealed and assisted by Angie Dickinson as he desperately searches for someone, anyone, who can just give him his money. But if Walker is an extreme incarnation of the revenge-driven noir anti-hero, the modern syndicate has been transformed into a world of paper jungles and corporate businessmen: an alienating concept for the two-fisted, gun-wielding gangster.

Boorman creates a hard, austere look for the film and scatters flashes of painful memory throughout the story, grafting the New Wave onto old genres with confidence and style. Haunting and brutal, Point Blank remains one of the most distinctive crime thrillers ever made. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

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A man shot and left for dead by his unfaithful wife and her mobster boyfriend exacts a terrible revenge a few years later.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lee Marvin Masterclass, 14 Mar 2001
By Mr. G. C. Stone "mgcs" (Newcastle, UK) - See all my reviews
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A hard, brutal film, as Lee Marvin takes revenge big time. Marvin carries this film from first to last - power, presence, cool, and very hard. John Boorman hits the big screen with a brilliant movie which is underrated and supremely cult. Hits you with images which stay with you. Worth watching just for the impact of Marvin marching down a corridor - it's that good. In my top ten no problem.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a classic, 12 Jul 2005
By BA Baracus "BA" (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Point Blank [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
this is definitely one of the best crime films ever made.
lee marvin does a great job here, playing walker a tough who has been shot and left for dead on alcatraz, betrayed by his best friend and wife who have have been having an affair together and run off with the loot. marvin strides through LA cause catastrophy after catastrophy all in the name of revenge and persuit of what is rightfully his.
despite being set in the 60's the movie is timeless, because intellegently portrayed the underworld not as old fashioned heavy handed thugs but as a maze like jungle of big business corporations and businessmen. this is probably indebted to the social upheavels that were taking place in america at the time such as vietnam, nixon etc.
movies like soderbergh's the limey starring terrence stamp owe some debt to this movie but can never repeat its brilliance.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Classic, 13 Aug 2005
By Ian Mayes "moggymayes" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Point Blank [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Reece has taken Walkers $93000 part of a heist to pay back the mob. If that were not bad enough Reece has taken his wife, shot him, and left him for dead on Alcatraz, but Reece made a mistake......Walker is not dead!

The rest of the film has Walker moving up the mob chain after his $93000. A timeless cult film. Some really powerful scenes by Marvin......believe me, you wouldn't want to mess with this cookie! Sort of flashy, quirky, and very point blank. This guy doesn't mess around, and neither should you! Get this film!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Relentlessly deadpan...and I'd buy a ticket to see the Mel Brooks version. Still, not bad
When his buddy, Mal Reese, with his wife, Lynne, looking on, puts two bullets into Walker right after they've high-jacked a big haul on Alcatraz island, Walker gets mad... Read more
Published 10 months ago by C. O. DeRiemer

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
The title is a play on words. The film starts with a point blank shooting and this sets Walker off on his trail of revenge, the substance of the film. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2005 by Robert Jones

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