Point Blank

Point Blank (1967)

  • 97% of critics liked it
    (30 reviews)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (6,981 ratings)

Based on Donald E. Westlake's novel The Hunter, John Boorman's gangster film hauntingly merges a generic revenge story with a European art cinema sensibility. In Alcatraz to divvy up the spoils from a robbery, thief Walker (Lee Marvin) is instead shot point blank by his double-crossing… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Donald E. Westlake, Alexander Jacobs
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1967 Wide
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddleston, Time Out

    There are moments of breathtaking visual creativity, from the not-quite-freeze-frames over the opening credits to a series of confrontational close-ups when things turn violent.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    It gets back into the groove of Hollywood thrillers, after the recent glut of spies, counterspies, funny spies, anti-hero spies and spy-spier spies.

  • Philip French, Observer [UK]

    One of the four supreme masterworks in a major oeuvre ...

  • Derek Malcolm, This is London

    An almost experimental discourse on crime, punishment and revenge brilliantly shot by Philip H. Lathrop.

  • Allan Hunter, Daily Express

    Boorman brought a fresh eye to the LA locations in a film frequently remade but never equalled.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    Badass.

  • Devon B


    Discordant editing, jarring violence, and an angular storyline give Point Blank it's unique 60s cross between french new wave cinema and classic film noir. Lee Marvin is the guy who is betrayed and left for dead by his partner over the sum of $90,000. While it's not… More

  • Kevin C


    Lee Marvin kicks so much ass in this neo-noir, genre bending crime classic.

  • Universal D


    Lee Marvin is double-crossed for a little folding green and goes after the skunks who shorted him. That's the plot, revenge, old school, but the presentation is film noir --- in color. John Boorman directs an all star cast with Euro- art house flair from Alcatraz to L.A. and… More

  • Daniel P


    Trippy and creatively-shot adaptation of The Hunter, a pulp novel by Donald E. Westlake that was also the basis for Full Contact (1993) and Payback (1999), not to mention a remake of this film (1997). Point Blank may have been relevant in its time, but watching it today I found it… More

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