June 26, 2009

Pointlessly Dull

Point Blank was great fare in the late 1960s.

Yes, it was the heady days of gungho Lee Marvin and vivacious Angie Dickinson.

I did savour the excitement of the movie way back then when I was a school boy in Form 4.

Watching it now obviously is not the same anymore. Compared to today's fast-paced movies, the plot is dull

A simple plot-a man was double-crossed of his share of the money from a bank heist. His wife also died from this fall-out. In a desperate fury, relentlessly Walker played with zombie fury went after every one in "The Organisation" to get his mere $80,000.

The saving grace of this movie is Angie Dickinson. Young, sexy and nubile, she was everyone's dream girl then including Robert Kennedy. Celluloid really captures her youth.

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