Point of No Return

Name: Point of No Return
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1993-03-19
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.215

★ 6,2 /10 (762 Votes)

1993 EN 108 min

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.

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Release date

19/03/1993

Votes

762

Popularity

3.9

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

Genres

Action Crime Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

108 min

Revenue

$30,038,362

Bridget Fonda

Maggie Hayward

Gabriel Byrne

Bob

Dermot Mulroney

J. P.

Miguel Ferrer

Kaufman

Anne Bancroft

Amanda

Olivia D'Abo

Angela

Richard Romanus

Fahd Bahktiar

Harvey Keitel

Victor the Cleaner

Lorraine Toussaint

Beth

Geoffrey Lewis

Drugstore Owner

Mic Rodgers

Cop

Michael Rapaport

Big Stan

Ray Oriel

Burt

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Spike McClure

Johnny D.

Lieux Dressler

Johnny's Mom

John Capodice

Detective

Carmen Zapata

Judge

Calvin Levels

Computer Instructor

Michael Runyard

Weapons Instructor

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Bill M. Ryusaki

Karate Instructor

Jodie Markell

Female Student

John Badham

Room-Service Waiter

Original Soundtrack

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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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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, …

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