Even during the somewhat incredible denouement at a chaotic police station, Alain Duplantier's camerawork is so frenetic you don't have time to stop and question it.

Point Blank is saddled with the same title as John Boorman's 1967 masterpiece, but the only thing the two films really have in common is coolness.

Point Blank passes enjoyably, relentlessly, and determinedly to the moment of its final gasp.

The American action flick is a genre that will never die. But it's hard to make one that seems fresh, as filmmakers seem to stick to a winning formula. Point Blank is an invigorating exception.