Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 02/05/1999(USA)
Release Date: 07/27/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Porter (
Mel Gibson) is pulled into a heist by his old friend, Val (
Brian De Palma regular,
Gregg Henry). As they're stealing $130,000 in laundered drug money from Chinese Triads, no one is going to call the police. Everything goes smoothly until Porter's wife, Lynn (
Deborah Kara Unger), shoots Porter in the back. After Val had shown Lynn a photo of Porter in the arms of another girl (
Maria Bello), the two planned the double-cross together to pay off Val's mob debts so he could return to "The Syndicate." They didn't plan well enough, though, because five months later Porter's back, a complete sociopath who wants his $70,000.
Brian Helgeland, the screenwriter for
L.A. Confidential and
Conspiracy Theory, makes his directing debut with this adaptation of the novel
The Hunter by
Donald E. Westlake writing under the pseudonym,
Richard Stark. The same novel served as the basis for
John Boorman's
Point Blank starring
Lee Marvin.
~ Chris Gore, All Movie Guide
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from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
A Rather Grisley Remake.
Mel Gibson steps into the role originated by Lee Marvin in the original 1967 film, Point Blank which was based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark. Gibson is Porter, a slick robber, who seeks revenge against a former cohort, who left him for dead during a bank robbery, and the crime syndicate they were working for at the time. Also starring Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Deborah Kara Unger, John Glover, Jack Conley, Lucy Alexis Liu, William Devane, Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Justin Ashforth, and Alex Hentelhoff.
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