Point Blank is a decent action thriller. It's thrilling, action scenes look good and the main character is easy to root for. The cinematography is also very nice. More artistic than in most action movies, and very nice colours. But while it all clicks it doesn't really stand out from the typical action movies. So in short, it's alright. If you like action movies, it's worth seeing, but if you'd like to see something different, then maybe this movie isn't for you.

This was probably the best action film of 2010, which is somewhat surprising considering it's a mid-budget French movie with a lean script and actors unknown to English-speaking audiences. Despite the possible handicaps, this pared-down thriller turns out to have the vitality and excitement of one of the Greengrass Bourne flicks, and it's very nearly as good.The storyline is simple but intricate: the archetypal everyday family man is drawn into a complicated conspiracy of murder and betrayal when he saves the life of one of his patients following a murder attempt. His wife is thus kidnapped, and he spends the rest of the movie in a desperate race against time to save her. It sounds like TAKEN but it takes a much more realistic, thriller-style approach rather than going for the all out action style; for the record I like both films equally well.Gilles Lellouche is expertly sweaty as the ultra-anxious guy driven to desperate extremes by the situation, but the film really belongs to Roschdy Zem as the Algerian criminal who starts out as an innocent, becomes a bad guy, and finally turns into something much, much more and better besides. His character avoids cliché throughout and he gives a reserved, oddly touching performance despite his character's rough, violent ways.This is a short film (80 minutes odd) and it's action packed, with the action mostly taking the form of pulse-pounding chase sequences that support and enhance the thriller aspects of the story. It starts off well, drawing you into the lives of the characters before letting rip with the suspense, and from that point in it never lets up until the ferocious climax. It truly is a great movie, and a second watch close on the heels of the first merely confirms my first impressions.

Samuel Pierret is a nursing assistant who saves the wrong guy -- a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital.A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises.Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?......at just nearly ninety minutes long, this movie doesn't give you time to catch your breath. It's as if someone has been watching those ever increasingly silly Besson produced movies, and made it realistic and plausible.It's shot well, and the cast are magnificent in their respective roles. It never gets boring, and the short running time time doesn't leave the narrative redundant.And despite the many plot twists, it's rich in its storytelling.Forget Taken 2, and see this, you'll thank yourself.

nail-biting action-thriller with one memorable chase scene in an underground train station.Samuel (Gilles Lellouche) is dragged into midst of conspiracy and cops on trail of a dangerous criminal when his pregnant wife Nadia (Elena Anaya) is kidnapped and held hostage. Samuel is ordered to help wounded Sartet (a charismatic Roschdy Zem) out of hospital and his wife will be returned safely to him.Standing on the way are cops who just discovered Sartet is wanted for slew of robberies and a suspect in a homicide. It's just the start of a nightmare for Samuel and he must quickly adapt to the growing perilous situations if he wants to rescue Nadia.World class editing by Benjamin Weill helps propel the French film at Concorde speed with perfect amount of intensity and excitement.*** out of 4.