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Point of No Return (film)

Point of No Return
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U.S. release poster
Directed by John Badham
Produced by Art Linson
D. J. Caruso
Written by Robert Getchell
Alexandra Seros
Starring
Music by Hans Zimmer
Nick Glennie-Smith
Cinematography Michael Ferris
Michael Watkins
Edited by Frank Morriss
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • March 19, 1993 (1993-03-19)
Running time
101 minutes
109 minutes (US)
Country United States
Language English
French
Box office $30,038,362

Point of No Return (also known as The Assassin) is a 1993 American action film directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda and Gabriel Byrne. It is a remake of Luc Besson's 1990 film Nikita.

Maggie Hayward (Bridget Fonda) is a violent and unstable drug addict found guilty of murdering a police officer, and is sentenced to death by lethal injection. Her death is faked, and a secret government agent named Bob (Gabriel Byrne) informs her that she is to become an assassin. She is given a makeover and training that transform her into a beautiful woman, and she is also trained as a killer. Her career as an assassin goes well at first. Then, after a mission goes awry, the agency sends in Victor (Harvey Keitel), a "cleaner," to kill everyone and destroy the bodies.

Maggie Hayward (Bridget Fonda) is a drug addict found guilty of murdering a cop during a robbery shootout, and is about to get sentenced to death by lethal injection. Her demise is faked and a spy named Bob (Gabriel Byrne) informs her that she has to work for him. Maggie, having little choice, reluctantly agrees to cooperate and she begins a regimen of intensive training that includes not only martial arts and firearms training, but etiquette and computer use.


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