Point of No Return (The Assassin)

Point Of No Return (1993)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (22 reviews)

  • 50% of users liked it
    (29,791 ratings)

Director John Badham's remake of French action thriller La Femme Nikita moves the action to the U.S., where Maggie (Bridget Fonda) is a strung-out Washington, D.C. drug addict who kills a policeman in a pharmaceutical-induced haze. Sentenced to death, Maggie is rescued by a shady operative, Bob… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Robert Getchell, Alexandra Seros
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Mar 19, 1993 Wide
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    Hollywood, in its infinite wisdom, figures it can make better American pulp than the French can. As it turns out, Hollywood is right.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    A remake faithful to the film upon which it is based and an intelligent, thrilling action film with a real story and solid acting.

  • Carlo Cavagna, AboutFilm.com

    Totally unnecessary, sterile remake of LA FEMME NIKITA.

  • MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

    bah. rent the French original

  • Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

    An okay remake of the better LA FEMME NIKITA. Captures the spirit, but not the intensity.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    I was a sucker for Fonda her. But this was actually a decent american version of the awesome french la femme nikita. Gabriel Bryne is awesome in this version.

  • Thomas B


    Some great OTT set pieces with strong performances from Fonda, Keitel and Byrne, but not quite as affecting as it wants to be and severely dated. Full review later.

  • Phil H


    Even though its regarded as a poor remake of the original french film, this is still a good action film. Fonda is supremely sexy as 'Nina' the woman turned around to an assassin, its pretty violent and there's plenty of gun play with steamy scenes. Keitel is great as… More

  • Conner R


    Point of No Return is a prime example of a remake that exists for no reason. It's literally a carbon copy of the original, but set in the US. Even the apartment has the same broken roof panels. There's just no reason I can see why they wanted to make the same exact movie… More

  • Red L


    American version of La Femme Nikita. It has been a while since I've seen the Nikita series, so I can't do a lot of comparing. The story is somewhat bland. Druggy rehabilitated as government killer does her job. However she falls in love and wants out of her assassin… More

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