Point Blank (2010) (2010)

Ordinary people can find extraordinary strength when the ones they love are on the line. Fred Cavayé's French thriller "Point Blank" ("À bout portant") stars Gilles Lellouche as Samuel Pierret, a nurse's aide in Paris who saves the life of a mysterious patient, Hugo Sartet (Roschdy Zem), brought in under police guard after a motorcycle accident. Soon after, Samuel's pregnant wife, Nadia (Elena Anaya), is kidnapped before his eyes by Sartet's accomplices, who have one demand: get Sartet out of the hospital within three hours, or she dies. Samuel manages to sneak the wounded thief out, but the escape makes him a fugitive too. Suddenly on the run alongside a professional thief, Samuel finds himself caught between ruthless gangsters and corrupt cops in a desperate race to save his family. Gérard Lanvin plays Commandant Werner, a ruthless police officer with his own secrets, while an honest detective, Commandant Fabre (Mireille Perrier), tries to untangle the case. The film moves at a breakneck pace, with relentless chases through Paris streets and the Métro, and it runs less than 90 minutes. It was remade in South Korea as "The Target" and in the United States in 2019. You won't catch your breath until the final frame.