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Point of No Return
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.
1993 · Directed by John Badham · 108 min · Action · Crime · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
The government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Getchell, Alexandra Seros
- Cinematography: Michael W. Watkins
- Edited by: Frank Morriss
- Music: Hans Zimmer
- Production design: Philip Harrison
- Produced by: Art Linson
Cast
- Bridget Fonda as Maggie Hayward
- Gabriel Byrne as Bob
- Dermot Mulroney as J. P.
- Miguel Ferrer as Kaufman
- Anne Bancroft as Amanda
- Olivia D'Abo as Angela
- Richard Romanus as Fahd Bahktiar
- Harvey Keitel as Victor the Cleaner
- Lorraine Toussaint as Beth
- Geoffrey Lewis as Drugstore Owner
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: French, English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Linson Entertainment
- Box office: $30,038,362
- Themes: death penalty, assassin, washington dc, usa, new orleans, louisiana, doomed man, lethal injection, secret agent, remake
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