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). Amongst the convicts include Wallace played by Danny Trejo (Heat, Con Air, Machete) and Howard Ray played by Kevin Gage (famously known as Waingro from Heat and other roles such as Blow and G.I. Jane). The convicts take over a shopping mall in Fort Worth, Texas and take many of the shoppers hostage as well as leaving behind a large bloodshed. 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 gave this movie a chance but upon seeing this movie, I realised far too late that I had made a big mistake in hiring this direct to video rubbish. 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. Avoid this movie.
1/10.
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). Amongst the convicts include Wallace played by Danny Trejo (Heat, Con Air, Machete) and Howard Ray played by Kevin Gage (famously known as Waingro from Heat and other roles such as Blow and G.I. Jane). The convicts take over a shopping mall in Fort Worth, Texas and take many of the shoppers hostage as well as leaving behind a large bloodshed. 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 gave this movie a chance but upon seeing this movie, I realised far too late that I had made a big mistake in hiring this direct to video rubbish. 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. Avoid this movie.
1/10.