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Point of No Return | 1993 | R | - 5.6.6
Scene-for-scene remake of the French film "La Femme Nikita," with Bridget Fonda as the young, amoral punk who becomes a professional assassin for the government.
SEX/NUDITY 5 - Fonda is shown in her Calvin Klein underwear and there are a couple of love scenes: only cleavage, shoulders and legs are visible. During one encounter the lovers toy with each other by exchanging food, mouth to mouth. There are some women in thongs, and a quick flash of a topless woman.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - About a dozen people are killed, mainly by being shot. Some are killed at point-blank range and in cold blood. While the camera does not linger on gore, there is one scene where an unconscious woman is burned with acid: we don't see the result, but we do see her legs writhing in pain. One man is caught under a car and his arm is held against the spinning tire. He eventually gets run over.
LANGUAGE 6 - About 20 F-words, and other profanities.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Political assassination as government policy, drugs, pre-marital sex.
MESSAGE - Sometimes in life there are only bad choices. People can change for the better.
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