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- 1967
- Not Rated
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 32 m
- 1967
- Not Rated
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 32 m
Summary After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
Directed By: John Boorman
- 1967
- Not Rated
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 32 m
- 1967
- Not Rated
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 32 m
Point Blank
7.3
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Summary After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
Directed By: John Boorman
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
86
100% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Point Blank catches the feel of the late '60s and the sunshot, edgy atmosphere of Los Angeles then (the go-go clubs, the used-car lots, the penthouses and the storm drain tunnels) like few movies since. [07 Feb 1997, p.K]
The ultimate arty 60s thriller, and we mean that as a compliment.
Among the great cult movies of the '60s, this was director John Boorman's second feature and first of note after his debut with the Dave Clark Five's Having a Wild Weekend. [08 Jul 2005]
Point Blank smartly joins film-noir elements with techniques from the then-cresting British, French, and Italian new waves.
Pre-dating the release of Dennis Hopper’s 1969 American counter-culture classic Easy Rider by two years, Boorman’s Point Blank is also a very trippy, psychedelic affair. Marvin fending off two assailants behind the colourful, swirling backdrop of an avant-garde jazz gig is an evocative snapshot of that period, and just one of the many fetchingly abstract moments this strange and beguiling picture has to offer.
An intriguing, disorientating 60s artefact.
Point Blank never makes too much sense. But the forward momentum of Lee Marvin's mysterious vendetta against the skyscraper underworld manages to overcome Boorman's laborious exposition. [19 Oct 1967, p.31]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.3
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Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.3
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Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
Winkler Films
Release Date Aug 31, 1967
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline He thrived on two kinds of people...his victims and his women!
Awards
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
