Point Blank ( 1967 )

 

A gangster is on a revenge mission

 

 

 

 

Starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson


Screenplay by Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse and Rafe Newhouse

                                  

 

                          Directed by Donald E Westlake

 

 

 

 

This is a below average thriller with a disappointing ending.

The whole thing is too artyfarty for it's own good and the constant use of pointless flashbacks does nothing to further the tension or plot. The acting throughout is as wooden as a park bench. The plot didn't really go anywhere and didn't keep my interest. The whole movie was just trying to be too arty and clever and that got in the way. I haven't watched many films from this era in the sixties so I don't really know if this was a common thing at the time.

The ending left me frustrated and so did most of the film. I can't really find anything good to say about it at all.



6/10