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Point of no Return (1993) - Dinner
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- Release Date: 1993
- Runtime: 109 min
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Starring: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer ... see all
- Director: John Badham
- Plot: A gang of armed drug-addicts break into a chemist shop to try and steal drugs to fuel their habit. However, the police arrive too fast and all addicts but one... Read more
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| Mar 25, 1993Deseret News
it all just seems rather, well, pointless.....Director John Badham has made good movies ("WarGames," "Stake-out") and bad movies ("Bird on a Wire," "Short Circuit") but "Point of No Return" lands somewhere in between.....Bridget Fonda delivers a first-rate and very physical performance as a foul-mouthed, spaced-out drug addict who kills a cop in cold blood during a drug-store robbery.....MST A remake of the popular French film "La Femme Nikita," "Point of No Return" is violent, loud, profane, angry, nasty a ... Full Review
| Mar 21, 1993Deseret News
But most of the way, "Point of No Return" is so vague and over-the-top that it all just seems rather, well, pointless.
A remake of the popular French film "La Femme Nikita," "Point of No Return" is violent, loud, profane, angry, nasty and, in terms of its plot, often quite ridiculous.
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eFilmCritic.com
Fonda's is a classic trapped performance, pulled this way....thus, J.P. is the biggest dunce in recent movies..... ... Full Review
Rolling Stone
John Badham's Point of No Return , the unnecessary American remake starring Bridget Fonda, is merely implausible.
It's not that Robert Getchell's script is any less crackbrained than Besson's.
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deseretnews.com –
2003-10-05
I love this movie and can feel her pain. I would like to know Whats the name of that song playing when its first start, and who sing it? ... Full Article
Point of No Return (R)
washingtonpost.com –
1993-03-19
If you see "Point of No Return," starring Bridget Fonda, just remember there was an original, better French version called "La Femme Nikita."Of course, Hollywood has long since passed its own point of no return stealing from the Gauls. ... Full Article
"Point of No Return" is a "Pygmalion" for our angry age.In both stories, an older teacher picks a girl out of the gutter and teaches her new skills. ... Full Article