Point of No Return Poster

Point of No Return (1993)

R 03/19/1993 Action, Crime, Thriller 1h 48m
62%
User
Score
6.1/10
52%
53/100

The government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.

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.

John Badham

Director

Alexandra Seros

Screenplay

Robert Getchell

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda

Maggie Hayward

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Bob

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney

J. P.

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

Kaufman

Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

Amanda

Olivia d'Abo

Olivia d'Abo

Angela

Richard Romanus

Richard Romanus

Fahd Bahktiar

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Victor the Cleaner

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint

Beth

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Media

Trailer #1

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Reviews

A review by tmdb872652

Written on January 20, 2013

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....

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A review by John Chard

Written on August 26, 2015

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 leadi...

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