There's something of the spirit of 'Run, Lola, Run' about this latest thriller to use the title 'Point Blank': a vaguely realistic feel but basically a lot of action, and a plot that does little more than justify one thing happening after another. Indeed, the plot itself isn't realistic at all, and in fact, what starts out as an interesting (albeit somewhat clichéd) story of one man getting embroiled in something above his head soon becomes farcical (the entire police force is corrupt to the point of attempting to murder innocent pregnant women, but don't worry, because two people, one of them a nurse, can two-handedly storm an entire police station...). It's fast-moving and doesn't outstay it's welcome; but it still comes a poor second to John Boorman's wonderful new-wave thriller of the same title.
Review of Point Blank
