Point Blank is a searing sunshine noir with the blackest of hearts. Against the California sun and surf, Lee Marvin stars as hard-boiled thief Walker, a ticking time bomb of vengeance taking on the shadowy crime organization that double-crossed him, killed his wife, and left him for dead in Alcatraz. Englishman John Boorman captured the psychedelic dissonance of the Golden State in period of explosive upheaval as the backdrop for this dreamy brutal proto-New Hollywood thriller. Featuring John Vernon (in his film debut) as his backstabbing former partner and Angie Dickinson as the femme fatale who may be Walker’s entreé to the man who set him up. God help you if you get in his way.
“Taut thriller, ignored in 1967, but now regarded as a top film of the decade.” – Leonard Maltin
“There are moments of breathtaking visual creativity, from the not-quite-freeze-frames over the opening credits to a series of confrontational close-ups when things turn violent.” – Tom Huddleston, Time Out
