Point Blank – Aus kurzer Distanz (2010)

Point Blank – Aus kurzer Distanz: Directed by Fred Cavayé. With Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya. Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel’s wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.

“This was a punchy, French, action based film that was quite good, but with more developed characters, could have been brilliant.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePoint Blank is well paced, dramatic, entertaining and I suppose most importantly believable. A criminal escapes murder, whilst in hospital, and forces his nurse to team up with him, as he avoids the police and his killers. The reluctant nurse aids the gangster, with his kidnapped pregnant wife held captive, to escape what is a corrupt police unit. To say any more would almost spoil the plot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePB is ambitious, true to the action-chase genre and boasts some nice French cinema, and culture elements (especially visually), but ultimately comes up short of anything other than just plain good. A refreshing spin on this sort of thing, providing a decent afternoonu0026#39;s viewing.”