POINT BLANK (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Frank Grillo (Warrior), Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock), Teyonah Parris (Dear White People), Boris McGiver (Lincoln), Markice Moore (ATL), Christian Cooke (Love, Rosie), Dontee Ruffin-Brown (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joe Lynch (Knights of Badassdom), director; Adam G. Simon (Man Down), writer; Johanna Byer (We Are Your Friends), Joe Carnahan (The Grey) and Frank Grillo (Wheelman), producers; Mitch Lee (Mutant World), composer; Juan Miguel Azpiroz (Crazy Loves), cinematographer; editor TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When his pregnant wife (Parris) is kidnapped and held as collateral, ER nurse Paul (Mackie) is forced to team up with Abe (Grillo), a badly injured career criminal and murder suspect, to get her back. Going up against rival gangs and a ring of corrupt cops, Paul and Abe must find a way to survive as well as save the lives of Paul’s wife and unborn child…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A remake of the 2010 French film of the same name, this new version sees Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo team up for a thrilling action movie with healthy doses of humour throughout.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH JULY 2019 (EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX)

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (dirs. Aaron Hovarth and Michael Jelenic)

Mario travels beyond the Mushroom Kingdom for an intergalactic adventure…

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (dir. BenDavid Grabinski)

Two gangsters and their lover endure a difficult and dangerous night involving time-travel…

The Magic Faraway Tree (dir. Ben Gregor)

A family discovers a magical tree that transports them to wondrous new worlds…

Splitsville (dir. Michael Angelo Covino)

Two couples find themselves caught in more than a few compromising situations…

Pretty Lethal (dir. Vicky Jewson)

A troupe of ballerinas must fight to survive their stay at a strange inn…

They Will Kill You (dir. Kirill Sokolov)

A newly-arrived maid fights for survival in a mysterious high-rise…

Arco (dir. Ugo Bienvenu)

A young boy from the far future unexpectedly travels back in time…

Dead Man’s Wire (dir. Gus Van Sant)

A disgruntled customer holds a mortgage broker as his hostage…

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (dirs. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett)

Grace is forced into a much deadlier and more personal game of hide-and-seek than before…

The Good Boy (dir. Jan Komasa)

A young criminal is kidnapped and forced into an unusual rehabilitation scheme…

Optimized by Optimole