Point of No Return (The Assassin) (1993)

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• 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.

• 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
  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 the cold cleaner, his scene is very unnerving and chilling really, no emotions that man. Bancroft is perfect as the classy elegant female who must teach 'Nina' to become a lady and deadly at the same time and Byrne is good as her boss in his usual stoic manner. It is kinda dated now of course but it still works well, nothing too amazing but its a solid action thriller, Fonda makes it for sure.

• 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
  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 over again. It's not like the cast is all that explosive; Bridget Fonda is just average at best. There's nothing interesting being done visually or content-wise in this that in any way makes it stand out. The only benefit to this version in the context of an American audience is you don't have subtitles, which is apparently enough of a reason to pour millions of dollars into a project. To Say this is bad is wrong, it's just extremely mediocre and pointless. Any human being with half a brain can see that compared to the French version it's just a lame copy. It also has a cheeseball ending thrown in to top it all off.

• 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
  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 role.

• Michael G

  
  Fucking painful! Keitel as the cleaner was the only high point. It reminds me why the early 90s were awful.

• jay n

  
  for those looking for something mindless and violent here it is

• xGary X

  
  Mechanical Hollywood remake of La Femme Nikita (which wasn't that good anyway.)

• danny d

  
  pretty decent flick

• Steve B

  
  This is the odd exception where I enjoyed the remake more than the original. La Femme Nikita was just kind of annoying.

• Dean M

  
  The remake of "Le Femme Nikita" is fantastic and the first-time I ever see Bridget Fonda in action. Her best action scene is on her first mission in the restaurant.

• Jeffrey M

  
  The strong cast comes close, but is still not able to save the movie from a weak script and an idiotic plot.

• R?o?d?r?i?g?o? R

  
  Interesting.

• Lea L

  
  I haven't seen the original "Nikita" so I wasn't sure what if was good or not, but I did like it so am happy with that. Fonda does a credible job and makes a convincing action hero and a standout performance from Harvey Kietel as the Vicious Cleaner. Gabriel Byrne… More
  I haven't seen the original "Nikita" so I wasn't sure what if was good or not, but I did like it so am happy with that. Fonda does a credible job and makes a convincing action hero and a standout performance from Harvey Kietel as the Vicious Cleaner. Gabriel Byrne was great as Bob and the chemistry between him and maggie/Nina was overwhelming. As a thriller, "The Assassin" is a fast-paced and exciting one.

• Jim W

  
  Sure, an American remake of La Femme Nikita wasn't needed but when a remake has good action and good performances, I don't see why there's a reason to complain. Bridget Fonda does some of her better work and you also have a solid Gabriel Byrne as her handler, Bob. Anne… More
  Sure, an American remake of La Femme Nikita wasn't needed but when a remake has good action and good performances, I don't see why there's a reason to complain. Bridget Fonda does some of her better work and you also have a solid Gabriel Byrne as her handler, Bob. Anne Bancroft is also great as Fonda's trainer of manners and how to dress. It's also fun to see Harvey Keitel as a cleaner, a few years before he played one in Pulp Fiction.

• Barry L

  
  Superb movie.....well paced and extremely well written.

• Christopher B

  
  Blah remake of La Femme Nikita, but I did quite like Keitel in it.

• Lee K

  
  i liked this remake of la femme nakita, and thought bridget fonda was brilliantly cast in this also props to gabriel byrne

• Anthony V

  
  Please see the original "La Femme Nikita" instead.

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