The Assassin | 1993 | UK Quad
The Assassin (also known as Point of No Return) is a 1993 film directed by John Badham. It was co-produced by Art Linson and D. J. Caruso. The screenplay was co-written by Robert Getchell and Alexandra Seros based on the 1990 film, La Femme Nikita written and directed by Luc Besson. The Assassin stars Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft and Harvey Keitel. The storyline follows Maggie Hayward, a violent and unstable drug addict who murders a police officer. Following her trial she is sentenced to death by lethal injection. Her death is a faked and a secret government agent called Bob, informs her that she has to work for him. Having little choice she agrees and begins an intensive training regime with martial arts and firearms training, but also et...