Kathryn Schroeder of FilmFracture writes: "They don't make movies like this anymore. Point Blank harks back to the 70s action crime thrillers that were more about the thrill and suspense of solving the mystery than blowing up cars and jumping from helicopters to get the viewer excited."
Way back on episode 126 of the Sordid Cinema Podcast, we reviewed John Boorman’s gritty, raw crime drama Point Blank, featuring superb performances by Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson.
'Point Blank' is so forward-looking, so fun, and so damn cool, that it’s easy to forget how long it has been around.
Jeremy of We Got This Covered wrote, "Point Blank is what all Hollywood action films should be. It sports a running time of an hour and 24 minutes. It’s magnificently paced and it trims all the fat and cuts the bullshit. It’s full of thrilling action and gripping suspense. Director Fred Cavayé has successfully made a film that so many other filmmakers try to do and fail horribly. Sure, at the end of the day Point Blank will probably only be able to pass as an entertaining ride of thrills, but that’s all it needs to be."
