Breathless action thriller that really does not let up at all in its last 45 minutes - and the 35 before that are hardly pedestrian!

It's also a Who's Who of upcoming French acting talent. Daniel Auteil lookalike Gilles Lellouche, the stunning Elena Anaya and the brooding Roschdy Zen are all fast rising stars in French cinema and the two male leads especially show why they are so highly thought of. In fairness to Anaya, she probably got told to just look heavily pregnant and hold her back a lot, she's not given much to do.

Its main and only problem is that you're never entirely sure who several of the characters are working for in the first half an hour, but the action becomes so breathtaking after a while that you don't much care. Really entertaining stuff - and almost certain for the Hollywood remake treadmill.

Point Blank just doesn't stop to take a breath. It doesn't bother accelerating. Once it's started, it hurtles along at a breakneck speed, with constantly shifting alliances, new revelations every minute, and a truly unpredictable plot. It's really a demonstration of what its genre is capable of: extreme suspense and the ultimate aldrenaline rush. Which, unfortunately, just seems to be absent from today's crime thrillers. The writer proves himself to be more than capable at leaving his viewers on the edge of their seats. Could it benefit from a little bit of subtlety? Of course. Does it really need it? No. The film's hyperactive nature is what makes it so much fun.

The frantic pace this film keeps up without getting monotonous is very impressive. The action and thrills are paced and dosed perfectly. It is a good thing they are as this film's premise isn't all that ground breaking.
Another thing that makes this film as succesful as it is, is the performance by its lead, Gilles Lellouche. His charisma and screen presence are the things that make you root for him throughout the film, something a plot like this really needs.
Not the best thriller ever made, but most certainly one of the better films in the genre.

Very good movie! Starts off with a bang and doesn't stop till the end. I felt like I was holding my breath the entire time. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that Hollywood will probably do a remake (it's a French film) and ruin it.

A great edge of your seat thriller, with some very tense set pieces including a fantastic foot chase through a Paris subway.

A taut and well-constructed French thriller.

Point Blank just doesn't stop to take a breath. It doesn't bother accelerating. Once it's started, it hurtles along at a breakneck speed, with constantly shifting alliances, new revelations every minute, and a truly unpredictable plot. It's really a demonstration of what its genre is capable of: extreme suspense and the ultimate aldrenaline rush. Which, unfortunately, just seems to be absent from today's crime thrillers. The writer proves himself to be more than capable at leaving his viewers on the edge of their seats. Could it benefit from a little bit of subtlety? Of course. Does it really need it? No. The film's hyperactive nature is what makes it so much fun.

thrilling

Point Blank is a fun, frantic blend of action, mystery and crime thriller. It's got a breakneck pace and a plot that unravels slowly along the way, giving small insights into the (surprisingly strong) characters and their motives. There are a number of moving parts that the film balances fantastically, and it all culminates in one of the most tense and thrilling final acts that I have ever seen.

Point Blank is about a nurse's aide who's dragged into a police conspiracy after caring for a safe-cracker. His wife is taken by the conspirators and he has to retrieve her by bringing the safe-cracker to them. This film gets straight into the action and never lets up. It compensates for lack of character development and cliches with a briskly paced and intense story. Point Blank is a taut, exhilarating French thriller that breezes by with its 80 minutes running time.

Above-average French thriller.

Con "Point Blank" los franceses demuestran que son capaces de hacer un thriller mucho mas eficiente y emocionante que la gran mayoria de propuestas genericas salidas de Hollywood (las cuales siguen formulas que las hacen predecibles y monotonas). Aqui tenemos una cinta que nos intriga con una trama interesante y personajes atrapados en dificiles predicamentos ademas de un ritmo lleno de tension y suspenso. No quiero arruinarle a nadie la experiencia de ver esta pelicula, solo dire que es un excelente thriller que nos entretiene de principio a fin.
"Point Blank" es el mejor thriller desde "Taken" y representa una gran opcion para aquellos buscando hora y media de pura adrenalina.