Walker (Lee Marvin) is a man left for dead at Alcatraz by his best friend Mal Reese (John Vernon) who has lied and betrayed him. After surviving, he goes on a one man crusade to obtain his $93,000 that he believes is rightly his.
Starting with his wife that ran away with Reese he sets about infiltrating his way into a crime syndicate known only as The Organisation to get his money and take bloody revenge on Reese for his wrong doing on Alcatraz.
John Boorman's film is brilliantly styled and very violent for its time. Lee Marvin is simply awesome as Walker, more of a force of nature wearing tailor made suits that go beyond cool rather than a human being.
My favourite moment in this film is where Keenan Wynn as Yost gives Walker his wife's and Reese's address and we see him stomping down a long, coloured corridor inter cut with his wife waking up in bed and going about her business as Walker's footsteps get louder and louder until he kicks her door in and throttles her to the ground. It is a brilliant moment.
I also liked the way he remembers his life with Lynne, and how she narrates how they were so happy together before and after he met up with his long lost friend Mal Reese, its actually quite moving.
There's also this excellent idea that while you watch this film you are only seeing what Walker would have wanted to happen IF he survived...and that he is still lying there in that cell on Alcatraz.
Thats my theory. Either way, Point Blank is a classic thriller put together with class and style.
Fully recommended. Ten Out Of Ten.
Starting with his wife that ran away with Reese he sets about infiltrating his way into a crime syndicate known only as The Organisation to get his money and take bloody revenge on Reese for his wrong doing on Alcatraz.
John Boorman's film is brilliantly styled and very violent for its time. Lee Marvin is simply awesome as Walker, more of a force of nature wearing tailor made suits that go beyond cool rather than a human being.
My favourite moment in this film is where Keenan Wynn as Yost gives Walker his wife's and Reese's address and we see him stomping down a long, coloured corridor inter cut with his wife waking up in bed and going about her business as Walker's footsteps get louder and louder until he kicks her door in and throttles her to the ground. It is a brilliant moment.
I also liked the way he remembers his life with Lynne, and how she narrates how they were so happy together before and after he met up with his long lost friend Mal Reese, its actually quite moving.
There's also this excellent idea that while you watch this film you are only seeing what Walker would have wanted to happen IF he survived...and that he is still lying there in that cell on Alcatraz.
Thats my theory. Either way, Point Blank is a classic thriller put together with class and style.
Fully recommended. Ten Out Of Ten.