12/22/2023 0 Comments Point blank 2019![]() Parris is also wasted in the role of Taryn, who's only really included so that her pregnancy can serve as the equivalent of a ticking time-bomb that keeps the plot flowing steadily.Īnthony Mackie and Frank Grillo in Point Blank Something similar could be said for Detective Regina Lewis and her own role in the larger conspiracy at hand, despite Harden's efforts to bring the character more depth than the script provides. ![]() While the idea is that they gradually come to relate to each other and recognize that they're both just working-class people trying to care for their families, Point Blank struggles to show how the two reach this understanding over the course of their journey together - and in the end, Mackie and Grillo's relaxed chemistry isn't enough to make up for the flaws in Paul and Abe's development, either. The pair are presented as foils at first, with Paul embodying a more nurturing sense of masculinity that contrasts with Abe's gruff manner. However, by the time the film shifts gears again and morphs into a dramatic thriller about the thin line between cops and criminals before even reaching its half-way point, the effect wears off and Point Blank becomes somewhat exhausting to watch (in a bad way).īecause it keeps trying to be so many things at the same time, Point Blank has an equally hard time fleshing out Paul and Abe as characters. Lynch knows better than to let his foot off the gas pedal during all this and serves up a string of fast-cutting action scenes while constantly changing up the setting (from a foot-chase through a hospital to a fist-fight in a car wash), in order to keep things interesting. The approach partly works in the beginning Point Blank starts off feeling like a lean, mean action movie that morphs into a buddy adventure just as quickly, all within the first half hour or so. Simon ( Man Down), which continuously holds information back in an effort to make the film seem like more than one long chase sequence - which, for the most part, is exactly what it is. ![]() Many of Point Blank's problems seem to stem from the script by Adam G. Anthony Mackie and Marcia Gay Harden in Point Blank
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