Maggie Hayward
Bridget Fonda
Maggie Hayward
Point of No Return
“The government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.”
6.2
1993
1h 48m
ActionCrimeThriller
Director: John Badham
Overview
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.
Trailer
Trailer #1 Official
Cast
Bob
Gabriel Byrne
Bob
J. P.
Dermot Mulroney
J. P.
Kaufman
Miguel Ferrer
Kaufman
Amanda
Anne Bancroft
Amanda
Angela
Olivia D'Abo
Angela
Fahd Bahktiar
Richard Romanus
Fahd Bahktiar
Victor the Cleaner
Harvey Keitel
Victor the Cleaner
Beth
Lorraine Toussaint
Beth
Drugstore Owner
Geoffrey Lewis
Drugstore Owner
Cop
Mic Rodgers
Cop
Big Stan
Michael Rapaport
Big Stan
Reviews
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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.
Read full reviewJohn Chard
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
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