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Point Blank [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
starring: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner
directed by: John Boorman

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781419807503
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419807501
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 05, 2005
Running Time: 92 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 30, 1967
Sales Rank: 10066
MPN: WARD67414D

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
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

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- 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...and then gets even. Walker somehow survives those gunshots and a year later he returns. For the next hour and a half, Walker (Lee Marvin) is going to say once if he says it ten times, "I want my money back." The Organization is not about to accommodate Walker, even if Walker's money is only a measly $93,000. That includes Reese, who now has Walker's wife and who has become one of the Organization's top men, all of whom look like business CEOs. While Walker relentlessly goes after his money and works his way up the corporate criminal ladder, he leaves a trail of corpses behind. ... Read More:

Rating:

- 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. However, in the final scene, when Walker can finally get his money back he backs away and leaves it so therefore the whole process has been pointless ie it was "point blank". A taut and brilliant film with an exceptional performance from Lee Marvin.

Rating:

- A Real Classic
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!

Rating:

- a classic
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.
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Rating:

- Lee Marvin Masterclass
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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