Point Blank (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Fred Cavayé |
| Produced by | Cyril Colbeau-Justin Jean-Baptiste Dupont |
| Written by | Fred Cavayé Guillaume Lemans |
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Gilles Lellouche Roschdy Zem Gérard Lanvin Elena Anaya |
| Music by | Klaus Badelt |
| Cinematography | Alain Duplantier |
| Edited by | Benjamin Weill |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont (France) Magnolia Pictures (US) |
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84 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €10.8 million |
| Box office | $9,230,157 |
Point Blank (French: À bout portant) is a 2010 French action-thriller film directed by Fred Cavayé and starring Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, and Elena Anaya. Its style differs from the typical American thriller, in that the hunted (and innocent) main character comes from an ordinary life and has no combat training.
Samuel Pierret, a nurse's aide accompanies his pregnant wife Nadia (Elena Anaya) to her sonogram appointment where she is told that she must stay on her back for six weeks to avoid life-threatening complications. Meanwhile, Hugo Sartet, a safecracker and hired thief, is running from two hitmen. During the chase, he is hit by a motorcycle and rushed to the hospital where Samuel works. Shortly after, Samuel sees a man leave Hugo's bedside and arrives just in time to reinsert Hugo's respirator which had been unplugged. This prompts the police to set up a protection detail under the command of Captain Catherine Fabre. While discussing the assassination attempt, another captain, Patrick Werner, arranges to have jurisdiction of the case transferred to him, saying that he has been after Sartet for years.
When Samuel returns home that day, he and Nadia are attacked and she is abducted. Samuel gets a phone call saying that he must help Hugo Sartet escape from the hospital if he wants to see his wife again. At the hospital, the cop guarding Hugo's bed refuses to leave but Samuel is able to subdue him with a defibrillator. Samuel then wakes up Hugo with a shot of adrenaline and guides him outside while holding the cop's gun. When Nadia's captors call again, they are revealed to be Hugo's brother Luc working with a man named Marconi. The brothers arrange to set up the hostage trade at a nearby railway station but when Samuel and Hugo get there, Hugo notices the two men who were trying to kill him earlier. Knowing that they are dirty cops, Hugo persuades Samuel to turn around and flee to his apartment. While Hugo is showering, Samuel decides that he does not trust them to deliver his wife safely a second time and calls the police. Captain Fabre says that she is closest to the address Samuel gave and calls for backup. However, a group of police led by Captain Werner arrives first.
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