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Point of No Return

    Action
    Crime
    Thriller
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Mar 19, 1993
Rated R

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$30,038,362
  • Vote Average
    6.2
  • Vote Count
    686
  • Popularity
    20
  • Language
    Français
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Bridget Fonda
Maggie Hayward
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Gabriel Byrne
Bob
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Dermot Mulroney
J. P.
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Miguel Ferrer
Kaufman
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Anne Bancroft
Amanda
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Olivia d'Abo
Angela
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Richard Romanus
Fahd Bahktiar
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Harvey Keitel
Victor the Cleaner
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Lorraine Toussaint
Beth
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Geoffrey Lewis
Drugstore Owner
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Mic Rodgers
Cop
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Michael Rapaport
Big Stan
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Ray Oriel
Burt
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Spike McClure
Johnny D.
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Lieux Dressler
Johnny's Mom
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John Capodice
Detective
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Carmen Zapata
Judge
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Calvin Levels
Computer Instructor
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Michael Runyard
Weapons Instructor
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Bill M. Ryusaki
Karate Instructor
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Jodie Markell
Female Student
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John Badham
Room-Service Waiter

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Reviews

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tmdb872652
20%
Don't waste your precious time. Watch the [original](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9322-nikita) directed by Luc Besson. I couldn't really enjoy this 1993 remake, knowing the so much better original from 1990.
John Chard
60%
New Dawn - New Day - New Life. Point of No Return (AKA: The Assassin) is directed by John Badham and written by Robert Getchell and Alexander Seros. It stars Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft and Harvey Keitel. Music is by Hans Zimmer and cinematography (Panavision/Technicolor) by Michael Ferris and Michael Watkins. When drug addict Maggie Hayward (Fonda) kills a policeman in cold blood, she is promptly sentenced to death by lethal injection. But maybe there is an out? A chance to work for the government? Why so serious? A remake of Luc Besson's Nikita, this was always going to suffer the usual remake taunts of why bother? Was it necessary etc? Point of No Return is a good honest action movie, it has style to burn, nifty photography and likable leading actors. The action is well staged and thrilling - and Hong Kongish in style, and bubbling away in the writing are themes of identity, absent parents and a delicately off-kilter oedipal angle. The Nina Simone soundtrack is terrific, while Zimmer works around Nina's songs with an aural assuredness that grabs the attention. It doesn't push any boundaries, and although it has been noted in some neo-noir circles, it is only a borderline entry in that style of film making. But if kinetic is a good word for you, and ultra violence gives you a shot in the arm, then Bridget and her guns are definitely worth a first date at least. 6/10