Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Nicky Naudé
- Capitaine Richert
- (as Nicky Naude)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJoe Lynch shot a remake of this French movie in 2019 "Point Blank", starring Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo.
- GoofsWhen Samuel tries to wake up Hugo, in a shot across the corridor in the renovated hospital floor, a face can be seen on the left behind a door, looking down and talking. (around 19'30")
- Crazy creditsIn the closing credits, opera singer Renee Fleming's name is misspelled as "Flemming."
- ConnectionsReferences Diva (1981)
- SoundtracksEbben? Ne andrò lontana
(Alfredo Catalani)
Extraits de "La Wally"
Sung by Renée Fleming (as Renee Flemming) & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (as The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera) (Direction: Gareth Jones)
(P) 2003 Decca Music Group Ltd
Avec l'autorisation d'Universal Music Vision
Featured review
Fast, intense, virtuosic camera and editing, keeping a formula situation alive and kicking
Point Blank (2010)
Not to be confused with the semi-classic 1967 movie of the same title with Lee Marvin, this is not a remake or an echo of that. What this French action thriller is fits another category--the non-stop kinetic run from the bad-guys film, which has become a kind of staple. Think the Bourne movies, or a couple later Liam Neeson films, where the hero gets himself into a terrible situation that requires running and running and running.
And that's enough, in a way, because you can't stop looking. There are no lulls. In fact, some of the moments have such kinetic surprise to them they deserve study. Your stomach will turn. Don't expect a big rationale. Don't even quite expect to care for anything except that our main man, and his wife, survive the ordeal. There are crosses and double-crosses. There is horrid abuse of women which I could do without (the rationale might just be the perils of Pauline kind of thing, saving her with the handsome male to the rescue, but it's just plain abusive). There is one female cop who is a great tough archetype. And lots of bad violent men.
But, truly, none of this is meant to matter. You just grab onto the handles and don't let go. It's really really well made, visually, the camera-work and editing taking front seat. I'd see it on the biggest screen you can, since that's where it's all at.
Not to be confused with the semi-classic 1967 movie of the same title with Lee Marvin, this is not a remake or an echo of that. What this French action thriller is fits another category--the non-stop kinetic run from the bad-guys film, which has become a kind of staple. Think the Bourne movies, or a couple later Liam Neeson films, where the hero gets himself into a terrible situation that requires running and running and running.
And that's enough, in a way, because you can't stop looking. There are no lulls. In fact, some of the moments have such kinetic surprise to them they deserve study. Your stomach will turn. Don't expect a big rationale. Don't even quite expect to care for anything except that our main man, and his wife, survive the ordeal. There are crosses and double-crosses. There is horrid abuse of women which I could do without (the rationale might just be the perils of Pauline kind of thing, saving her with the handsome male to the rescue, but it's just plain abusive). There is one female cop who is a great tough archetype. And lots of bad violent men.
But, truly, none of this is meant to matter. You just grab onto the handles and don't let go. It's really really well made, visually, the camera-work and editing taking front seat. I'd see it on the biggest screen you can, since that's where it's all at.
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- Jun 14, 2012
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- Languages
- Also known as
- Sứ Mệnh Tuyệt Mật
- Filming locations
- Gare de l'Est, Paris, Île-de-France, France(Samuel attempts to trade Sartet for his wife)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $708,215
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $41,031
- Jul 31, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $9,487,445
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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