![]() I hope that Hollywood does not destroy this plot with a remake the same way this industry did with "Pour Elle". But the stories are engaging and different from each other. They have similar story lines, with a common man forced to an extreme act to save his beloved wife, and pursuits through the streets of Paris. This is the second film directed by Fred Cavayé that I have recently seen and both are great full of action thrillers. Sooner Samuel learns that Werner's team is corrupt and now he needs Hugo to save his wife. Samuel calls Detective Fabre and when she arrives, she is murdered by Werner and his detectives. When Samuel is ready to trade Hugo for Nadia, they are hunted by two armed men and Samuel and Hugo runs to a safe house. Samuel rescues Hugo and is hunted by the Detective Fabre on the streets. The police department is divided by the squads of Detective Patrick Werner (Gérard Lanvin), who is investigating the murder of the millionaire Francis Meyer, and Detective Catherine Fabre (Mireille Perrier), who is in charge of the case in the hospital, and the groups have an internal dispute. When he wakes-up, he receives a phone call from the stranger telling that Nadia has been abducted and he needs to remove Hugo from the hospital until midday, otherwise she will be murdered. ![]() On the next morning, he is proud of his accomplishment and telling Nadia at home when he is attacked by a stranger. However, Samuel uses the adequate medical procedure and saves the man. ![]() When he is working in the night shift, a man tries to kill the patient Hugo Sartet (Roschdy Zem), who had been wounded by a motorcycle while chased by two men. Samuel will be promoted to nurse very soon and he is very happy. The health care assistant Samuel Pierret (Gilles Lellouche) goes with his pregnant wife Nadia Cortez (Elena Anaya) to the doctor that recommends a complete rest for Nadia for the next weeks. How regular people in real life could ever have more or less normal lives after all that bloody terror and murder is beyond my understanding, but somehow these film characters seemed to be able to do it. And, yes, we all knew how it would end, as all those horrible experiences resulted in a typical ending.good for the good guys and bad for the baddies. Other than a few timing errors where the director stayed with a few scenes longer than he should have for best effect, such as the one when the dirty cop was discovered, it was a well done seat-edge thriller to the end. Point Blank was a 100% serious film with great pacing and no smart-ass or comedic side tracks or poorly placed romance throw-ins as are so often stupidly done by Hollywood, plus it had plenty of the most terrifying and brutal behavior of human psychopathy to scare you silly. Great looking pregnant wife, Liam Neesom-resembling husband, despicable and brutal criminals uncaring about human values and life, and brutal dirty cops even less caring about human life made this one of my faves for the year so far. And, French films always deliver when mean, harsh, brutal and uncaring play the main roles. Outside of Hollywood, good and realistic action films can be successful without the Hollywood Big 3 of American action films.CGI, car chases and boo-coo explosions. It's stylish as hell and is seriously just pushing it's foot to pavement for the entire running time. Gilles Lellouche is a great leading man, capable of portraying both the everyman and the action star qualities of his character while still being completely believable when he has to portray the dramatic moments to keep you on his side and understanding of what he is fighting for. There were some moments that really made me sit up in my chair just by how much of a gut punch they were some things I definitely didn't see coming. There's definitely no reinventing the wheel here, but it stands up with Taken and Running Scared as one of the best action films to come out this past decade. With a very nice 80 minute runtime the film breezes by without dragging for a moment and you really just get caught up in the exciting chaos of it all. They quickly establish the characters in a clean and effective way and then shock you by going right into the action. ![]() Swift, brutal and void of any kind of silly subplots that give too much time to words when the characters should just be racing for their lives. This is how you make an action-packed thriller. ![]()
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