Point Blank
A Desperate Man Is A Dangerous Thing
Rating: 6.6 out of 10TMDB(518 votes)
Overview
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?
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Box office
Grossed $9.49M worldwide against a $16M budget
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Klaus Badelt
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Alain Duplantier
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Fred CavayéScreenplay
- Guillaume LemansScreenplay
- Original title
- À bout portant
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 8, 2010
- Original language
- French
- Budget
- $16M
- Revenue
- $9.5M
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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Cast
Gilles LelloucheSamuel Pierret
Roschdy ZemHugo Sartet
Gérard LanvinCommander Patrick Werner
Elena AnayaNadia Pierret
Mireille PerrierCommander Catherine Fabre
Claire PérotCaptain Anaïs Susini
Moussa MaaskriCaptain Vogel
Pierre BenoistCaptain Mercier
Valérie DashwoodCaptain Moreau
Virgile BramlyCaptain Mansart
Nicky NaudéCaptain Richert
Adel BencherifLuc Sartet
Vincent ColombeInternal on guard
Chems DahmaniCaregiver
Grégoire BonnetJaffart, head of DPJ
Brice FournierMarconi
Patrice GuillainCaptain Auclert
Max MorelMax Collet
Diane StolojanBus witness 1
David SaadaBus witness 2
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