Point Blank

Point Blank

It's Not Just Another Day at the Mall

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Release Date

5/12/1998

Runtime

90 mins

Overview

Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) before making their demands. Only Rudy, a former mercenary and brother of one of the fugitives, can take out the criminals before more of the hostages die.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

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A stripped-down siege thriller that traps you in a shopping mall with armed fugitives and mounting stakes. The film moves with the relentless momentum of a hostage situation where every decision could be fatal.

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TenseDread-soaked

Themes

SurvivalPowerRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violence

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Point Blank (1998) directed by Matt Earl Beesley | FirstCinema