Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- stylish
- melancholic
- 1990s action marathon
- crime thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the film as a competent but overly faithful remake whose central performance brought intensity without matching the original's poetic sadness.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Maggie Hayward receives a new cover identity as saleswoman Claudia Anne Doran while carrying out government assassination assignments.
Agent Bob stages Maggie's execution and has the government train her as a killer for secret missions.
J. P.'s gentleness and relationship with Maggie encourage a conscience that conflicts with her violent assignments.
The film places government assassinations and identity concealment within a polished 1990s Washington and New Orleans action-thriller world.
Films like Point of No Return, and why
La Femme Nikita
shares the female assassin premise, government conditioning, identity transformation, and conflict between lethal duty and emerging conscience
The Long Kiss Goodnight
combines covert government operations, an emotionally conflicted professional killer, romantic complications, and stylish 1990s thriller action
Salt
features a trained female operative balancing secret missions, personal identity, and intimate relationships within an action thriller framework
The Bourne Identity
shares the undercover assassin structure, criminal violence, government manipulation, and tension between professional killing and moral resistance
Movie Details
- Director
- John Badham
- Release Date
- 1993-03-19
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (774)
Cast
- Bridget Fonda
- Gabriel Byrne
- Dermot Mulroney
- Miguel Ferrer
- Anne Bancroft
- Olivia D'Abo
- Richard Romanus
- Harvey Keitel
- Lorraine Toussaint
- Geoffrey Lewis
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Point of No Return about?
- A condemned drug addict is reborn as a government assassin, but love and conscience threaten to derail her carefully engineered new life.
- What is Point of No Return like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Point of No Return as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Point of No Return violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Point of No Return as brutal.
- What did critics think of Point of No Return?
- Critics broadly viewed the film as a competent but overly faithful remake whose central performance brought intensity without matching the original's poetic sadness.
- Which films are like Point of No Return?
- Films with a similar feel include La Femme Nikita, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Salt, and The Bourne Identity.
- How long is Point of No Return?
- Point of No Return runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch Point of No Return?
- In United States, Point of No Return is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand.
