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Point of No Return

- The government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

Release Date : 1993-03-19

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. PicturesThe Linson Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Maggie Hayward

Original Name : Bridget Fonda

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bob

Original Name : Gabriel Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : J. P.

Original Name : Dermot Mulroney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kaufman

Original Name : Miguel Ferrer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amanda

Original Name : Anne Bancroft

Gender : Female

Character Name : Angela

Original Name : Olivia d'Abo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fahd Bahktiar

Original Name : Richard Romanus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victor the Cleaner

Original Name : Harvey Keitel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beth

Original Name : Lorraine Toussaint

Gender : Female

Character Name : Drugstore Owner

Original Name : Geoffrey Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Mic Rodgers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Stan

Original Name : Michael Rapaport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burt

Original Name : Ray Oriel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny D.

Original Name : Spike McClure

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny's Mom

Original Name : Lieux Dressler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : John Capodice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Carmen Zapata

Gender : Female

Character Name : Computer Instructor

Original Name : Calvin Levels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Weapons Instructor

Original Name : Michael Runyard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karate Instructor

Original Name : Bill M. Ryusaki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Student

Original Name : Jodie Markell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Room-Service Waiter

Original Name : John Badham

Gender : Male

Reviews

tmdb872652

@tmdb872652

2021-06-23

Don't waste your precious time. Watch the [original](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9322-nikita) directed by Luc Besson. I couldn't really enjoy this 1993 remake, knowing the so much better original from 1990.

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

New Dawn - New Day - New Life. Point of No Return (AKA: The Assassin) is directed by John Badham and written by Robert Getchell and Alexander Seros. It stars Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft and Harvey Keitel. Music is by Hans Zimmer and cinematography (Panavision/Technicolor) by Michael Ferris and Michael Watkins. When drug addict Maggie Hayward (Fonda) kills a policeman in cold blood, she is promptly sentenced to death by lethal injection. But maybe there is an out? A chance to work for the government? Why so serious? A remake of Luc Besson's Nikita, this was always going to suffer the usual remake taunts of why bother? Was it necessary etc? Point of No Return is a good honest action movie, it has style to burn, nifty photography and likable leading actors. The action is well staged and thrilling - and Hong Kongish in style, and bubbling away in the writing are themes of identity, absent parents and a delicately off-kilter oedipal angle. The Nina Simone soundtrack is terrific, while Zimmer works around Nina's songs with an aural assuredness that grabs the attention. It doesn't push any boundaries, and although it has been noted in some neo-noir circles, it is only a borderline entry in that style of film making. But if kinetic is a good word for you, and ultra violence gives you a shot in the arm, then Bridget and her guns are definitely worth a first date at least. 6/10