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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"I might be stupid, but I'm not crazy", December 30, 2001
By A Customer
Fans of Christopher Lambert will be willing to see any movie he is in, regardless of the apparent quality of the feature. If you are not a fanatic of his films, more likely than not you might remember him from the Highlander moviess, his most mainstream work. The rest of us know him from such B grade action thrillers as Resurrection, Gunmen, Knight Moves, and Beowulf. Fear not, as The Point Men has a much higher quality level than most of his features, and this can be likely attributed to having a seasoned director such as John Glen at the helm. The story itself is nothing new; in fact it has been done so many times one has to wonder if there are any new paths one could take with it anymore. Think of how many films you have seen about an elite team working for a government doing things that no one would ever want to know about. Yet these films continue to be made because the formula, though worn, can still produce an entertaining feature given the right direction and stars. Also, the script makes an effort, albeit a small one, to not lay everything out in the open right away, and instead let it come out in layers. There are some elements of the story that keep this one down, and they do so because they simply make no sense. With B grade films, even higher quality ones such as this, you do need to let things go, but in this case, several of them are difficult. Such as the fact that it is never really explained who the person was in the beginning who they all thought was the real Amar. Then there is the ease in which Amar travels to one country one day and back the next before sundown. If you can manage to let that and a few other tiny flubs go, it is easy sailing, and if you then consider other Lambert films, it gets even easier. The problems are simple sloppiness, perhaps laziness in not wanting to explain something and just pushing the story along instead. Christopher Lambert here is, well, Christopher Lambert, and just about the same as he is in any movie on a more toned down level. He is a lot more restrained here, which suits his character very well. It is Vincent Regan who plays the evil Amar that is given the over the top role to play this time, and he does so with much glee. While in the beginning he came off a little on the goofy side, when his true motivations are put out into the open, he does manage to become much more menacing. Also, Regan is great in Amar's many attempts to change his personality to get closer to people in order to eventually kill them. This is one of the best aspects to the movie: a villain who seems capable of doing the things he does. All to often in these kinds of movies (such as the ultimate villain in Ronin being a disappointment) the villain is weak or turns out to be a disappointment. Kerry Fox (from Shallow Grave), who plays Lambert's love interest and fellow agent, Maddy, is also very good in her role as a seasoned veteran of her craft. Essentially, as it has already been stated, if you are a fan of the "Christopher Lambert Genre" then you must rent this one as soon as possible. If you are just getting into his movies, this is a good one to start off with to ease yourself into it gently.
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