Flicks, Blake Howard
Lean, mean high order violence, surprising emotional poignancy and champagne cineaste humour. Director Joe Lynch’s Point Blank is precisely the kind of muscular, throwback buddy thrill ride one could hope for.
Full review
Point Blank (2019)
An emergency room nurse (Anthony Mackie) teams up with a murder suspect (Frank Grillo) to save the former's pregnant wife in this buddy action thriller.
When his pregnant wife is kidnapped by the brother of an injured murder suspect, an ER nurse is forced to release the wounded man in order to get to her captor.
201986 minsUSA
ActionThriller
- Director:
- Joe Lynch ('Mayhem', 'Knights of Badassdom', 'Everly')
- Writer:
- Adam G. Simon
- Cast:
- Anthony MackieFrank GrilloMarcia Gay HardenTeyonah ParrisChristian CookeBoris McGiverMing WangMarkice Moore
Point Blank (2019) / Reviews
Flicks, Blake Howard
Lean, mean high order violence, surprising emotional poignancy and champagne cineaste humour. Director Joe Lynch's Point Blank is precisely the kind of muscular, throwback buddy thrill ride one could hope for.
Full reviewThe Guardian
There are worse films to spend 86 minutes with on a Sunday afternoon but, more importantly, there are also so, so many better ones instead.
Full review
A.V. Club
A remake of the 2010 French thriller of the same title, Point Blank mostly runs on the fumes of its chase-movie formula.
Full review
The New York Times
If anything, the film emanates a startling ineptitude, unable as it is to clear some basic standards of craftsmanship.
Full review
Share