An action-packed suspenseful wonder-ride of a film, it is one of Bridget Fonda’s best performances and captures the remake of La Femme Nikita which was released in 1990. The French film inspired not just a remake, but also a television series which was originally written and directed by Luc Besson who has done other films such as The Fifth Element (1997). John Badham directs Point of No Return, and delivers something cutting edge while keeping the origins of the story intact and intriguing. Robert Getchell and Alexandra Seros were responsible for the screenplay writing this captivating action-suspenseful thriller, which also has a bit of romance and criminal activity involved to it.
There is a rather large ultimatum to this story for the lead character Maggie Hayward aka Claudia Anne Doran (Nina) played by Bridget Fonda. She must choose between life and death for all the wrong that she has previously done. Along the way, she meets a man simply named J.P. played by actor Dermot Mulroney who becomes her love interested. Her life continues to become complicated for her as she hides her true identity to her boyfriend. But this is just the main story, there is more hidden as you will see if you decide to watch this.
I liked each of the actors who they selected for these particular roles; it certainly added something to the film and made it better in my opinion. Gabriel Byrne plays a character known as Bob and is in charge of this secret government operation. Anne Bancroft appears in this film as Amanda who tries to mentor Maggie into a refined lady. Miguel Ferrer appears in this as Kaufman who is another government operative.
Attention The Wonder Years fans, you will notice Olivia d’Abo in this playing a character named Angela. Lorraine Toussaint plays Beth, Richard Romanus plays Fahd Bahktiar, Geoffrey Lewis plays the Drugstore Owner, Mic Rodgers plays the Cop, Ray Oriel plays Burt, Michael Rapaport plays Big Stan and keep your eyes open for Harvey Keitel playing Victor the Cleaner.
The high point of this film is the acting and the action packed story. From the beginning until the end, I found it to be entertaining and worthy of a watch. Other people liked the French version better but this one was more suspenseful and astounding. Even my mother has watched this film about 6 times loved it each time around. The story has old meanings within it and can be compared in some ways to the classic My Fair Lady (1964) but a different scenario.
