Point Blank
Stars: Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Marcia Gay Harden, Stuart F. Wilson, Buster Reeves, Christian Cooke, Teyonah Parris, Boris McGiver, Reggie Willis, Shanessa Sweeney, Nik Pajic, Markice Moore | Written by Adam G. Simon | Directed by Joe Lynch
Point Blank, directed by Joe Lynch, is a remake of Fred Cavayé’s À bout portant, which was originally released in 2010. The film stars two actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Frank Grillo and Anthony Mackie as Abe and Paul, respectively. Paul has to break Abe out of custody in a hospital as his brother has taken Paul’s pregnant wife hostage. What commences is an unorthodox buddy-action comedy, in what is sadly yet another dull and tedious action-adventure.
It is hard to watch Point Blank and not debate why this was made, or even distributed by Netflix. Everything from its plot, actors and actress, or even filmmaking evokes a sense of direct-to-dvd nature.
Stars: Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Marcia Gay Harden, Stuart F. Wilson, Buster Reeves, Christian Cooke, Teyonah Parris, Boris McGiver, Reggie Willis, Shanessa Sweeney, Nik Pajic, Markice Moore | Written by Adam G. Simon | Directed by Joe Lynch
Point Blank, directed by Joe Lynch, is a remake of Fred Cavayé’s À bout portant, which was originally released in 2010. The film stars two actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Frank Grillo and Anthony Mackie as Abe and Paul, respectively. Paul has to break Abe out of custody in a hospital as his brother has taken Paul’s pregnant wife hostage. What commences is an unorthodox buddy-action comedy, in what is sadly yet another dull and tedious action-adventure.
It is hard to watch Point Blank and not debate why this was made, or even distributed by Netflix. Everything from its plot, actors and actress, or even filmmaking evokes a sense of direct-to-dvd nature.
- 7/31/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
After the death of their beloved Gran (Stephanie Fayerman), two half-brothers, Omar (Antonio Aakeel) and Pete (Jack Carroll) set off for Blackpool in order to find Omar’s long-missing father. Omar was, as Gran points out, the result of a “youthful dalliance” between his mother and a desi man she met on a night out, and whom she never saw again. And although Gran previously said she knew little more than that, she leaves Omar a letter that tells him more of what she really knew about his father. Armed with his birth certificate, his mother’s diary, and a photograph taken on the fateful evening, and with his grandmother’s urn and his disabled brother in tow, Omar decides it’s time to finally find out who his father really is.
Director and co-writer (along with David Isaac) Jason Wingard first explored this theme in his 2014 short film Going to Mecca.
Director and co-writer (along with David Isaac) Jason Wingard first explored this theme in his 2014 short film Going to Mecca.
- 6/16/2018
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
The term ‘ladette’ is out-modish but once upon a time would have been apt in describing the female characters in debut director M.J. Delaney’s new Brit chick flick, Powder Room. All-female comedy has come a long way since, without the need for a weepy and superfluous romance. This is a cack-handed confidence boost in the guise of an upfront, no-frills drama, set in (and out) of a girls’ nightclub loo.
Sam (Sheridan Smith) is invited out with an old college friend, Michelle (Kate Nash) and her friend, Jess (Oona Chaplin) to a local dive of a South London nightclub. Glamorous Michelle and Jess seem to have it all, living and working in Paris. Keen to improve her lot in the world, Sam pretends she’s more than she is, not wanting to appear that she’s not made much of her life since studying. All goes to plan until...
Sam (Sheridan Smith) is invited out with an old college friend, Michelle (Kate Nash) and her friend, Jess (Oona Chaplin) to a local dive of a South London nightclub. Glamorous Michelle and Jess seem to have it all, living and working in Paris. Keen to improve her lot in the world, Sam pretends she’s more than she is, not wanting to appear that she’s not made much of her life since studying. All goes to plan until...
- 12/4/2013
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Powder Room has premiered its first trailer exclusively through Digital Spy.
Sheridan Smith leads the cast of the British comedy as Sam, who experiences a turbulent night out with close friends Chanel (Jaime Winstone), Saskia (Sarah Hoare) and Paige (Riann Steele).
Kate Nash and Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin also feature in the cast for the movie, which is based on the play When Women Wee.
Rachel Hirons wrote the script for the film, while Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin are serving as producers.
Mj Delaney makes her directorial debut on the project after shooting to the British film industry's attention with 'Newport State of Mind', a spoof of Jay Z's 'Empire State of Mind' that racked up more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
Powder Room will be released in cinemas on November 29 through Vertigo Films.
Sheridan Smith leads the cast of the British comedy as Sam, who experiences a turbulent night out with close friends Chanel (Jaime Winstone), Saskia (Sarah Hoare) and Paige (Riann Steele).
Kate Nash and Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin also feature in the cast for the movie, which is based on the play When Women Wee.
Rachel Hirons wrote the script for the film, while Damian Jones, James Cotton and Nichola Martin are serving as producers.
Mj Delaney makes her directorial debut on the project after shooting to the British film industry's attention with 'Newport State of Mind', a spoof of Jay Z's 'Empire State of Mind' that racked up more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
Powder Room will be released in cinemas on November 29 through Vertigo Films.
- 8/19/2013
- Digital Spy
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