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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerThough Point Blank is rife with existential malaise, it is also one of the most ferociously sexy crime movies ever made.
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe ultimate arty 60s thriller, and we mean that as a compliment.
- 83The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsPoint Blank smartly joins film-noir elements with techniques from the then-cresting British, French, and Italian new waves.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAn intriguing, disorientating 60s artefact.
- A landmark in the history of the crime movie, Point Blank's expressive feeling for landscape and architecture anticipates Michael Mann's Heat.
- 80Time OutTime OutAt times, it feels a touch self-conscious – a box of directorial tricks employed to compensate for an occasional lack of real substance elsewhere.
- 80CineVueAdam LowesCineVueAdam LowesPre-dating the release of Dennis Hopper’s 1969 American counter-culture classic Easy Rider by two years, Boorman’s Point Blank is also a very trippy, psychedelic affair. Marvin fending off two assailants behind the colourful, swirling backdrop of an avant-garde jazz gig is an evocative snapshot of that period, and just one of the many fetchingly abstract moments this strange and beguiling picture has to offer.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAs suspense thrillers go Point Blank is pretty good.
- 70Village VoiceAndrew SarrisVillage VoiceAndrew SarrisPoint Blank never makes too much sense. But the forward momentum of Lee Marvin's mysterious vendetta against the skyscraper underworld manages to overcome Boorman's laborious exposition. [19 Oct 1967, p.31]