Point of No Return

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

6.2(734)19931h 48m

ActionCrimeThriller

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.

Director

John Badham

Revenue

$30.0M

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Cast

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

Reviews

2 reviews

tmdb872652

13y ago

2.0

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.

John Chard

10y ago

6.0

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 p...