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Produced by Cyril Colbeau-Justin and Jean-Baptiste Dupont, POINT BLANK also stars Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin and Elena Anaya. Gilles Lellouche plays Samuel, a nurse working at a hospital when his pregnant wife (Anaya) is kidnapped before his very eyes. Knocked unconscious, he comes to and discovers that a dangerous criminal named Sartet (Zem) is responsible, and if he's ever to see his wife again, he must do Sartet’s bidding. Samuel quickly finds himself pitted against rival gangsters and trigger-happy police in a deadly race to save the lives of his wife and unborn child.
Director Fred CAVAYÉ
Story Fred CAVAYÉ
Guillaume LEMANS
Production Company GAUMONT
Executive Producer LGM FILMS
Cyril COLBEAU-JUSTIN
Jean-Baptiste DUPONT
Director of Photography Alain DUPLANTIER
Composer Klaus BADELT
Editor Benjamin WEIL
Production Designer Philippe CHIFFRE
Executive Producer David GIORDANO
Production Manager Anne GIRAUDAU
 
Samuel Pierret Gilles LELLOUCHE
Hugo Sartet Roschdy ZEM
Commandant Werner Gérard LANVIN
Nadia Pierret Elena ANAYA
Commandant Fabre Mireille PERRIER
Capitaine Susini Claire PEROT
Capitaine Vogel Moussa MAASKRI
Capitaine Mercier Pierre BENOIST
Capitaine Moreau Valérie DASHWOOD
Capitaine Mansart Virgile BRAMLY
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“POINT BLANK WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS. IT GRIPS YOU AT FRAME ONE AND DOESN’T LET GO. This tiptop French thriller stands as a rebuke to a Hollywood system that can’t seem to make them like this anymore.” – Kenneth Turan, LA Times
“IT LEAVES YOU WITH AN ENDORPHIN HIGH. An exhilarating adrenaline rush.” – Stephen Holden, NY Times
AN ENERGETICALLY DIRECTED ADRENALINE-PUMPER, replete with fierce shoot-outs, mad metro chases and one very tough delivery.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“MAKE A NOTE TO SEE IT. YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED. Propulsively entertaining.” – Steven Schaefer, Boston Herald
"A furiously paced, supremely suspenseful, skillfully directed French thriller that plays like an Alfred Hitchcock wet dream.” – Dennis Dermody, Paper
“SUPREMELY ENTERTAINING. The impeccable cast works wonders in an exhilarating, high-speed race against the clock.” – Laura Kern, Film Comment
“Solid, stylish pulp filmmaking, with a compelling hero and an impressively breakneck pace.” New York Magazine
“RIVETING, FRENETIC AND THRILLING.ONE HELL OF AN ADRENALIN RUSH!” – Twitch
“UTTERLY RIVETING FROM FIRST WHAM-BAM MOMENT TO THE IMPRESSIVE, HOLD-YOUR-BREATH FINALE.” – James Van Maanen, Trust Movies
“Virtually the entire picture is faster than a speeding bullet.” – Harvey P. Carten, Compuserve
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