Synopsis
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
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Cast
- Lee MarvinWalker
- Angie DickinsonChris
- Keenan WynnYost
- Carroll O'ConnorBrewster
- Lloyd BochnerFrederick Carter
- Michael StrongStegman
- John VernonMal Reese
- Sharon AckerLynne
- James B. SikkingHired Gun
- Sandra WarnerWaitress
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Slant Magazine
Though Point Blank is rife with existential malaise, it is also one of the most ferociously sexy crime movies ever made. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
The ultimate arty 60s thriller, and we mean that as a compliment. - 100
Empire
Showing that "the little man" CAN make a difference. Marvin is exceptional. - 83
The A.V. Club
Point Blank smartly joins film-noir elements with techniques from the then-cresting British, French, and Italian new waves. - 80
The Guardian
An intriguing, disorientating 60s artefact. - 80
The Observer (UK)
A landmark in the history of the crime movie, Point Blank's expressive feeling for landscape and architecture anticipates Michael Mann's Heat. - 80
Time Out
At times, it feels a touch self-conscious – a box of directorial tricks employed to compensate for an occasional lack of real substance elsewhere. - 80
CineVue
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.