Point Blank

Plot synopsis:
Walker works with his friend Mal Reese to steal a large amount of cash from a courier transporting funds for a major gambling operation, with the deserted Alcatraz Island as a drop point. Reese then double-crosses Walker and shoots him, leaving him for dead. Reese also makes off with Walker's wife, Lynne.
Walker recovers. With assistance from the mysterious Yost, who seems to know everything about everybody, Walker sets out to find Reese, take his revenge, and recover the $93,000 he is owed. Reese used all of the money from the job to pay back a debt to a crime syndicate called "The Organization" and get back in its good graces.
With memories of happy times together, Walker goes to Los Angeles to pay back his wife and his best friend for their treachery. He bursts in on Lynne and riddles her bed with bullets, just in case Reese is in it. A distraught Lynne tells him she no longer wants to live, then takes an overdose of pills.
Walker is told that a car dealer named Stegman might know where Reese can be found. He takes Stegman for a wild ride in one of his new cars, smashing the car and terrorizing him until Stegman reveals where Reese is living. He is told that Reese has now taken up with Walker's sister-in-law, Chris.
Breaking in on Chris, he learns that she actually despises Reese and had considered Walker the best thing ever to happen to her sister. Willing to help in any way, Chris agrees to a sexual tryst with Reese inside his heavily guarded penthouse apartment just so she can gain access and unbolt a door for Walker. Walker ties up some men in an apartment across from the penthouse and has a call made to police to report a robbery, creating a diversion that enables him to slip into the penthouse.
With a gun to Reese's head, Walker persuades him to give up the names of his Organization superiors – Carter, Brewster, and Fairfax – so he can make somebody pay back his $93,000. He then forces a naked Reese off the balcony and watches him plunge to his death.
After next confronting Carter for his money, Walker is set up. A hit man with a high-powered rifle is assigned to kill him at a money-drop in a storm-drain river bed. Walker sees to it that Carter and Stegman are the ones who get shot.
Yost takes him to a home belonging to Brewster. Walker visits Chris in her apartment, which has been trashed by The Organization. He brings her with him to the home belonging to Brewster, claiming she will be safer with him than by herself. Walker waits for Brewster to return there. Angry at Walker's apparent disinterest in her, Chris slaps and punches him as he regards her impassively, not defending himself. Then they make love. The following morning, Brewster comes home and is ambushed by Walker, who demands his money. Brewster insists that no one will pay. Walker forces Brewster to make a phone call to The Organization to get his money. Brewster speaks with a Mr. Fairfax, telling him that if they do not pay the money, he is going to be shot. Fairfax refuses to pay, though, saying, "Threatening phone calls don't impress me." Walker then shoots the phone. Brewster says that they can still get him the money in San Francisco through "The Alcatraz Run" in which large sums of money change hands. "The drop has changed, but the run is still the same," explains Brewster.
They travel to Fort Point in San Francisco. Walker does not trust him and refuses to show himself. Brewster receives the money by a courier in a helicopter. The hit man is also in the darkness with his rifle. He shoots Brewster, who falls to the ground thinking Walker shot him. Yost emerges from the shadows, telling him that it was not Walker who shot him. Brewster calls out to Walker, "This is Fairfax, Walker! Kill him!"
Yost/Fairfax thanks Walker (who is still hiding in the darkness) for eliminating his dangerous underlings, telling him: "Our deal's done, Walker. Brewster was the last one." He then offers him an enforcer job, claiming he has looked for a man like him for years. Walker remains silent and does not bother collecting the money. Yost/Fairfax and the hit man leave.

Tags: murder

Review:
This is a very bad movie.The actors seem to be on drugs, the action scenes are unspeakably clumsy and the plot virtually non-existent.
There is a lot of sadistic and unnecessary violence featuring weird slow-motion scenes, which could be intended to cover up Mickey Rourke's slow, bulky moves.
There are also terrible sentimental scenes where the convicts tell their life stories in a weepy voice.Above all this nonsense a lot of boring guitar music plays in the background.
In one scene, where a dying man goes nuts with a Gatling gun while thinking about his wife, the music choice is "Silent Night"...
But even the worst movie can be good in an appropriate situation: Watch this in good company when having a hangover, and there is no end to the joy.
Danny Trejo gets shot like 15 times (twice in the HEAD!) and he's wearing a motorcycle jacket!
Anyone who has followed Rourke's career lately has to be pleased that this flick was made.Yes,the movie rips off countless other action films but who cares when you've got the pumped-up Rourke whooping ass in the middle of all the cliches.Danny Trejo gives a very creepy supporting performance and I really enjoyed the score as well.I bought this movie after renting it and have screened it for several friends,all of whom immensely enjoyed it.A must for true Mickey fans.This title,as well as Bullet,hold a special place in my film library..
Well, this isnt so much of a B-movie version of Die Hard, but a tongue in cheek parody of that whole action movie genre, and an achingly funny one at that.
Mickey Rourke grunts his way through the tough guy script with a bone dry delivery that make's you certain he's talking this whole thing seriously.
Second, you may actually enjoy picking out the "dumb things" and the totally improbable or impossible.Of course, there is also the weird fascination of watching Mickey Rourke (at a mere 41 years of age) totally over-the-top with steroids and immediately after one of his face lifts.
(To be fair, the early 1990s were not kind to him.) YotD was not one of Mickey's best movies, but the contrast between the Mickey of 1985 and the Mickey of 1998 is almost too much to be believed.Danny Trejo is, as always, fun to watch.
Kevin Gage turns in a surprisingly good performance in what is probably the most difficult role in the movie.I normally don't pay a lot of attention to editing in a movie (unless it's just really bad) but this movie is one of the most obviously-poorly-edited movies I've ever seen.
But with that aside, this movie is worthwhile if only to show your friends or your date what bad editing looks like.Four stars awarded for having some entertainment value, even if no artistic value.
One of them is a genuinely nice guy, so his well-meaning brother Rudy Ray (Mickey Rourke) infiltrates the shopping centre to save him.
If you were expecting a good film, you've got the wrong POINT BLANK.
Of course, the phrase could be aptly used to describe Mickey Rourke.
Unfortunately, expectations of Mickey Rourke are not what they once were.
Anything - absolutely anything - to spare us any more films as bad as POINT BLANK.
It's a juvenile action romp, so gleeful in its stupid, sadistic violence it's almost unbearable to watch - and certainly impossible to enjoy.If it hurt Mickey to have his scenes removed from Terrance Malick's THIN RED LINE, or even DOUBLE TEAM, it seems his role has been reduced here too.
But much like Mickey Rourke in the ring, his audience has a habit of coming back and suffering again and again..
Unfortunately for the criminals a former mercenary and all-round tough guy, Rudy Ray (Mickey Rourke) is after them, in no small part because his brother is one of the escaped prisoners.
The action is good, if utterly ridiculous and the film apes from MUCH better films (Die Hard, Leon, etcetera), but fans of Rourke or Danny Trejo (who is suitably over-the-top as the 'crazy' villain) will enjoy this flick.
It feels more like an '80's film than one for the late '90's though.My B-movie grade: B-.
They are the ones who like stupid movies and hate good ones like this!!!!
The film was shot at Seminary South, a semi-closed mall in Ft. Worth,Tx, likely the cheapest location they could find.
After hearing the local preproduction hype I was hoping for more than an outlaw version of Walker, Texas Ranger.Sadly, I was forced to watch just that.The writing's bad, the acting is poor and the production values are pure B-grade.
But, Mickey looks like he has been spending lots of time at the gym..
Mickey Rourke was perfect too as Rudy.
The film a good action scenes and good actor's such as Danny Trejo, Micheal Wright, Paul ben-Victor,and Kevin Gage if you like escaped convicts on the loose type of movie then you will like this movie.
I am totally serious when I state that the title must be the filmmakers' admission that the film has no 'point', that it is literally an entertainment 'blank' or void.A bunch of hardened convicts break out of captivity and immediately take 8 or so hostages (business must be down) at a local mall?
He, like the ridiculous characters in this movie, boxes himself in and tries to blast his way out, with predictable results.Even given this premise's painful absurdity, the film could at least deliver on all of the routine but fairly dependable and mildly diverting staples of this genre, like say the way the ones starring Charles Bronson and I don't know, Michael Dudikoff do.
And only two of the hostages are even given close-ups (a pretty girl in a mini-skirt and a slutty girl with a drug habit) so it seems like there's about 5 hostages or so, instead of the hundreds you'd think would be roaming the mall at the time of the takeover.
Plus, there's lots of inertia in this movie, lots of standing around, as if the actors had to constantly be reminded that yes, they were taking part in the filming of a motion picture and that, don't worry, everything will come together in the editing room.
(Uh, not quite.)As if that weren't bad enough; self-pitying, disinterested Mickey Rourke is the putative star.
The film is quite unspeakably ghastly on its own, to be sure, but Rourke's involvement is very much like dropping a ten ton elephant on an already sinking ship.
(Though he must've made them agree, I suppose wisely, that his participation was contingent on his not having to speak more than 50 words of dialogue.)Rourke is an actor who at some point evidently decided that the drama and spectacle of his own strange life far surpassed that of any movie he could possibly be in.
Amazing when you consider how surprisingly good and professional he is in a fine made for TNT movie he appeared in around this time called "Thicker Than Blood".Every film, no matter how bad, must have a central theme, and this one's seems to be that "It's bad to hurt innocent people".
(At least, Rourke's character mentions something along those lines a few times.) Anyway, I think that's something we can all agree on.So why make this film?.
Ok, one more prisoners-escapee movie, and not to forget, Danny Trejo is in it, the guy who played Johnny-23 in Con Air. A pretty good B-movie about a former cop,soldier,mercenary that is going to stop a couple of bad guys that is holding people hostage (Die Hard).
Got some good action, the end is the coolest.
And don't I detect some Leon-the professional here also.For a B-movie it is very good, for a Con/Hard rip-off it doesn't even come close.
What happened to Mickey Rourke's career?.
The most fascinating thing about this movie, is the way in which Mickey Rourke has physically demolished himself totally.
Although this may sound very pessimistic, I strongly recommend it to everyone who wants to have a good time looking at pumped muscles, weapons, toughguys and violence..
for this Movie to be a B type Movie i thought was was actually pretty good .
i mean it had a good cast ,plot , and Decent acting to be a B Movie .
i don't see why the Haters of this movie didn't like it bc it was worth the watch .
and i for one cant see why its rated so low on IMDb bc it was a good movie and i enjoyed every minute of the movie .if you like Mickey Rourke , Trejo , or Frederic Forrest then you will like this movie .
imo i think this is one of Mickey's Best Movies .
I saw Point Blank last year, and I admit I was surprised by Mickey's new body.
I watched the movie and observed the new Mickey.
If Mickey is failing to deliver the same kinds of movies he did before, it's because they aren't being offered to him.
Point Blank was a tough guy action movie, and I'm not mad that it got made.
At least Mickey takes risks and he is always fun to watch.
This movie was good for a laugh and to check out Mickey doing something different.
Mickey, at least in this movie, looks macho as he they say he is..
When Trejo asks "What did I do??" at the end, and you're not completely satisfied...you suckThe arch-villian is perfect, the mini-gun on the roof of that crappy mall is perfect, and that scene of rourkes brother all close up walking toward the light at the end of the movie is beyond perfect, it brings tears to my eyes.Beautiful villian heart to hearts, a real 'feel-good' flick if ive ever seen one.
Says here i need at least ten lines, so ill try to sum it up as such, really really good, although it IS better is you're pretty drunk with your buddies, but i cant think of a single movie, or thing in general that isn't for that matter..
Mickey Rourke stars as Rudy Ray a soldier who breaches a group of terrorist's  stronghold (This time a mall being held hostage) to save his brother and thwart the terrorists in this mind numbingly awful movie that is so dumb it doesn't even have a sturdy handle on the lame plot.
A Bruce Willis Die Hard clone that does not work with Mickey Rourke!.
This is the worst movie Rourke ever made.
It is awful because Mickey actually thought he was giving a good performance.
Well at least this established that even with Mickey Rourke's former ability to act well back in the 80's he can not be an action movie star.
I really wanted to like this movie....
Mickey Rourke is an established actor (YEAR OF THE DRAGON) who in the past years traded his legitimacy for a few inches on his bicep (I did enjoy DOUBLE TEAM however).
Mickey Rourke plays an ex-military, ex-Texas Ranger now working for Pa who mentions to him one day that his brother is one of a group of convict escapees now holding an entire shopping mall hostage.
An overriding theme of sentimentality plays well in the movie between the two brothers and even with some of the convicts revealing their human side.
Paul Ben Victor (over)plays a gay ex-business man convicted of money laundering coming back to roost in his office underneath a mall, now stashed with military weaponry.
With the ok from lead Tex Ranger in charge, Rourke makes his way into the mall and "pays homage" to many of the action movie greats of the 1990's: Martial arts by a non-martial artist, two gunmen shooting at each other between obstacles a la John Woo's Hard Boiled and Hard Target (but looking MUCH more clumsy), high floor mini gun without the dramatic punch of T2, and finally the most blatant artistic theft possibly EVER coming straight from Luc Besson's THE PROFESSIONAL (you've got to see it to believe it).
As an action hero, Mickey Rourke does have potential.
And yes, Mickey Rourke's career is really disappearing ...
This was made during the years when Mickey was on the outer of Hollywood, and roles like this were his only offers of work Regardless he kills it with help from Danny Trejo and Kevin GageRourke sleep walks through the film, shrugging and grunting menacingly, dispatching bad guys with ease.
Point Blank takes a big, silly macho whack at the trashy action genre, and gives fans of such lowbrow, cheese saturated stuff a huge sloppy kiss.
He plays Rudy Ray, an ex special ops turned farmhand of few words and lots of action.
Rudy's brother (Wainegro himself, Kevin Gage) is mixed up with a nasty bunch of escaped convicts who have hidden out in a rural strip mall and taken multiple hostages.
Throw in Michael Wright as a seriously intense war vet with a rocky past (he has a monologue that dips between scary and campy quite a bit) and Paul Ben Victor displaying acting so far over the top it'll make your eyes and ears bleed, and you've got one inane B movie crew ready to fulfill your every schlocky need.
It's funny because there's an 'emotional' scene near the end where Rourke and Gage go brother to brother and it's supposed to be touching.
The writing is so godawful, and the music so beyond ludicrous, but the two of them are such good actors that they end up completely selling it without even trying, like they couldn't turn in bad work if they wanted to.
It's basically Die Hard in the sticks, with Rourke instead of Willis, a mall instead of a skyscraper, and you know...
the fact that it's obviously not a good movie.
To sum up my entire review of Point Blank, this is a poor man's version of Die Hard.
In fact, amongst the many various Die Hard blueprints, Point Blank is certainly one of the worst movies.
Point Blank is basically Die Hard in a Shopping Mall.
Not a bad idea, but this movie fails miserably.Point Blank is about a group of convicts who have broken out of prison led by Howard played by Paul Ben-Victor (The Wire, Entourage).
It's up to an ex-cop turned mercenary Rudy Ray played by Mickey Rourke (Angel Heart, Nine 1/2 Weeks) who is a poor clone of John McClane, to save the hostages from the murderous convicts as well as save his misfit brother Howard Ray from being killed.As I said before, this is certainly a poor version of Die Hard and amongst the brutal violence and unnecessary nonsensical scenes, this movie is terrible.
I just lost interest in how the movie ended as it just got worse as the movie continued on.There are better action movies out there, and there are certainly superior versions of Die Hard out there.
The trailer featured the action scenes to the thumping music of Guns 'n' Roses' "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and showed an incredibly beefed up Mickey Rourke strolling through the carnage in slow motion like he was indestructible.
After big budget high concept crap like "Con Air" and "Armageddon" this movie looked like a refreshing throw back to the good old days of 80's cinema.
The main focus is on the Mickster, an ex Texas Ranger, who might have to kill his brother, a drug dealer, who along with his low life cohorts, has escaped from prison and taken over a mall and everyone in it hostage.
Mickey does a good job playing the tormented former lawman and he also proves he's upto the action scenes.
What could have been another dime store direct to video action stinker turned into a nasty, in your face movie that had some surprising moments, especially the final touching scenes between Mickey and his dying brother.Some people have complained the film has too much slow motion.
Although it's not perfect it serves up action better than the last couple of Stallone movies and it is certainly the best thing Mickey's done in years.3 out of 5.
Possibly the greatest movie of all time for fact.
The guitar solos when Mickey Rourke and Danny Trejo were in the fight scenes will be collected by the Library of Congress and saved.
When at the end, Mickey Rourke dodges that bullet and Danny Trejo keeps screaming no and the girl just whisper "Yes" and he never shoot him at point blank, ~wink~, was euphoricThe writing was some of the greatest since Citizen Kane.
It's up to rugged mercenary and ex-Texas Ranger Rudy Ray (a credible performance by a pumped-up Mickey Rourke) to stop these no-count scum and rescue his wayward criminal brother Joe Ray (well played by Kevin Gage) who's mixed up in the whole mess.
The solid professional cast helps matters a whole lot: Danny Trejo goes totally over the top with infectious maniacal glee as vicious and volatile psycho Wallace, Werner Schreyer does well as token sympathetic hard-luck young con Billy, Michael Wright brings real soul to his part of no-nonsense former Marine turned killer Sonny, Paul Ben-Victor is a slimy hoot as shrewd nd duplicitous gay ring leader Howard, Nina Savelle doesn't embarrass herself as sweet sales lady Tracey Deakin, Frederic Forrest is typically fine as amiable good ol' boy sheriff Mack, and veteran character actor James Gammon has a nice bit as Rudy's father.
I remember first watching this movie not so many years after its release on VHS.Mickey Rourke in his career's best shape, along with Double Team (1997) was what struck me first.
Part from that, he does not speak many lines throughout the movie, but his emotional scenes along with Kevin Gage are as real as can be.Paul Ben-Victor as the 'boss'.
You would not watch this movie for these things.
Yes, it is a rip-off of certain movies which are a lot better.