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Point Blank (1998)

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Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a ... See full summary »

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Werner Schreyer ...
Billy
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Sonny
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Wallace
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Howard
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Joe Ray
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Armani
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Dad
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Nina Savelle ...
Tracey Deakin
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Darla
Oliver Tull ...
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Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) before making their demands. Only Rudy, a former mercenary and brother of one of the fugitives, can take out the criminals before more of the hostages die. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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They're the most dangerous criminals in Texas. And they're seriously out of control.

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Action | Crime | Drama

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Rated R for pervasive violence, sexuality, drug use and language | See all certifications »
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15 December 1998 (USA)  »

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The back of the bazooka fired during the opening credits is closed. See more »

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[last lines]
Mac Bradford: You never did tell me why you just walked in one day and laid down your badge and never did come back.
Rudy Ray: Didn't fell right.
Mac Bradford: Didn't... have anything to do with your brother Joe, did it?
Rudy Ray: It had a lot to do with my brother Joe.
Mac Bradford: Ya know, Rudy, you both ran the fast track. You got off, he just kept going. You done everything you could for him.
Rudy Ray: [tearfully] Maybe I could'a done more.
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Good in a hangover, otherwise terrible.
16 June 2002 | by (Finland) – See all my reviews

This is a very bad movie.

The actors seem to be on drugs, the action scenes are unspeakably clumsy and the plot virtually non-existent. There is a lot of sadistic and unnecessary violence featuring weird slow-motion scenes, which could be intended to cover up Mickey Rourke's slow, bulky moves. There are also terrible sentimental scenes where the convicts tell their life stories in a weepy voice.

Above all this nonsense a lot of boring guitar music plays in the background. In one scene, where a dying man goes nuts with a Gatling gun while thinking about his wife, the music choice is "Silent Night"... It is almost too absurd to speak of.

All in all, this movie is a horrible shame to everybody involved. But even the worst movie can be good in an appropriate situation: Watch this in good company when having a hangover, and there is no end to the joy. This could also be good when drunk, but I couldn't forgive myself if I rented this a second time.


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