Point Blank | | Cast : | Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson | | Director : | John Boorman | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | August 30, 1967 | | DVD Released Date : | July 05, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 23, 2005 | | Summary | Ghost Walker | Content
 | If you like this kind of thing, then this is the kind of thing you'll like. Great commentary by Boorman and Soderbergh explains a lot. Basically, it didn't happen. Walker didn't kill anybody. Sean Axmaker's review is hilarious: he must have been watching with his eyes wide shut. Somebody said "Don't Look Now", and switched the film on. Very surreal, very dreamlike. It has to be all going on in Walker's head, by which is meant Boorman's head, or ours. And what's the time-frame? Two months, two hours, or two seconds? Fascinating, if ultimately slightly dissatisfying; and the kind of film-making where the director does what takes his fancy, without worrying too much whether he's taking his audience with him. Take it or leave it. Well, I took it, but too many flicks along these lines would get tiresome. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 12, 2005 | | Summary | A film to make you think , or just submerge into its world | Content
| Some of you may be reading reviews about this film and think , OK , everyone seems to love it , but could I sit through it ?
There are lots of classics out there , but some are as interesting as watching paint dry . Or maybe half as interesting as that .
The story of POINT BLANK can be taken on more than one level .
Really , for your money , you are getting a film three times as interesting as most of the stuff that passes for serious film today . And if you're still not sure after watching it , listen to the commentary which will fill in some of the gaps .
Or , leave it for a while and come back to it .
This film will work on your imagination and to describe it takes the fun out of it .
There are elements of Dirty Harry and there is an exploration of violence .
Take a chance on this one - fine acting and a solid story . |
| Rating | | | Date | August 10, 2005 | | Summary | A hard-edged story of betrayal and revenge with a superb DVD transfer! | Content
| This review is for the Warner Brothers DVD released in 2005.
`Point Blank' starts out in an abandoned Alcatraz Prison circa 1967 where Walker (Lee Marvin), his wife, and Mal Reese (John Vernon - probably best remembered as Dean Wormer in `Animal House') rob an apparently illegal money payoff. Once the money is counted, Reese shoots Walker in a prison cell leaving him for dead and takes Walker's $93,000. Walker recovers from the shooting and with the help of a stranger named Yost (Keenan Wynn), Walker finds out that Reese and Walker's wife ran off to Los Angeles and Reese is now a big player in a major crime syndicate. This sets up the rest of the movie where Walker hunts down Reese but also wants all of this $93,000 back.
The movie is clearly dark in mood and substance, even though it was filmed in vibrant color. Angie Dickenson plays the role of Walker's sister-in-law Chris, who helps him find Reese. The chemistry between Chris and Walker seems overtly empty and melancholy. An animated Carroll O'Conner (best known for playing Archie Bunker in 'All in the Family') brings a lot of energy to the last segment of the movie. The film has an unmistakably late `60's look with fast and chaotic flashbacks and over-accentuated sound effects - such as loud, reverberating footsteps when an intensely focused Lee Marvin is hunting down Reese. This movie is more sexual and violent than noir films of the `40's and `50's, but is still restrained by today's standards. The film's biggest asset is how Lee Marvin confronts and handles his adversaries - each situation is original and effective, but not over the top. The plot as a whole has very few major surprises, although there is one minor twist in the end. Overall, it's an extremely good movie, but not a great one, but I still strongly recommend it.
As for the DVD, the transfer is superb. The picture quality is free of even the tiniest of flaws and the color is bright and vivid and the sharpness is terrific for a film this old. The audio is also excellent. There is option real-time commentary by director John Boorman and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, plus two short features, both made when the film was being shot in the late `60's entitled the Rock Part I &II. These two documentaries deal with the filming of the scenes on Alcatraz that were used in `Point Blank'. Part II also contains a short interview with a former prisoner who did time on "The Rock"..
Movie: B+
DVD Quality: A+ |
| Rating | | | Date | August 10, 2005 | | Summary | FANTASTIC! | Content
| STUNNING BEAUTIFUL TRANSFER OF A CLASSIC LEE MARVIN MOVIE! BUY NOW! THE TWO FEATURES ARE EVEN CLEANED UP AND LOOK GREAT!
GREAT JOB WARNER! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | Hard to follow film, but worthwile for fine acting | Content
| This period piece starts out fuzzy. How did Marvin's character escape Alcatraz after being shot, and where did he recooperate? Who is the shadowy character that helps him bring down "The Organization?" What the hell is this "Organization?"
Anyway, the film then turns into a revenge film, and Lee Marvin's ferocious performance erupts often enough to keep your interest. |
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