Point Blank (2010)
"À bout portant" (original title)

Samuel Pierret (Gilles Lellouche) is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief (Roschdy Zem) whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife (Elena Anaya) hostage to force him to spring their ... See full summary »

Director:

Fred Cavayé

Writers:

Fred Cavayé (scenario), Guillaume Lemans (scenario)

Stars:

Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gilles Lellouche	...	Samuel Pierret
Roschdy Zem	...	Hugo Sartet
Gérard Lanvin	...	Commandant Patrick Werner
Elena Anaya	...	Nadia Pierret
Mireille Perrier	...	Commandant Fabre
Claire Pérot	...	Capitaine Anaïs Susini
Moussa Maaskri	...	Capitaine Vogel
Pierre Benoist	...	Capitaine Mercier
Valérie Dashwood	...	Capitaine Moreau
Virgile Bramly	...	Capitaine Mansart
Nicky Naudé	...	Capitaine Richert (as Nicky Naude)
Adel Bencherif	...	Luc Sartet
Vincent Colombe	...	Interne de garde
Chems Dahmani	...	Aide-soignant
Grégoire Bonnet	...	Jaffart, chef DPJ

Storyline

Samuel Pierret (Gilles Lellouche) is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief (Roschdy Zem) whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife (Elena Anaya) hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?

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Plot Keywords:

criminal | subway | nurse | hospital | pregnant wife | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

rated R for strong violence and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Gaumont [fr] Official Facebook

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

1 December 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

Point Blank

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$41,031 (USA) (29 July 2011)

Gross:

$706,937 (USA) (11 November 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

LGM Productions, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When 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")

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Connections

References Diva (1981)

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Soundtracks

"Wie Todesahnung"
Written by Richard Wagner
Performed by Bryn Terfel and the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

User Reviews

Another exciting thriller from France.

This is how you make an action-packed thriller. Swift, brutal and void of any kind of silly subplots that give too much time to words when the characters should just be racing for their lives. They quickly establish the characters in a clean and effective way and then shock you by going right into the action. With a very nice 80 minute runtime the film breezes by without dragging for a moment and you really just get caught up in the exciting chaos of it all. There's definitely no reinventing the wheel here, but it stands up with Taken and Running Scared as one of the best action films to come out this past decade. It was exactly what I wanted.

There were some moments that really made me sit up in my chair just by how much of a gut punch they were; some things I definitely didn't see coming. Gilles Lellouche is a great leading man, capable of portraying both the everyman and the action star qualities of his character while still being completely believable when he has to portray the dramatic moments to keep you on his side and understanding of what he is fighting for. It's stylish as hell and is seriously just pushing it's foot to pavement for the entire running time. This is a real crowd-pleaser.