In French with English subtitles. (Not rated. 84 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) All right, this is how to make a thriller: Start with a situation of astonishing difficulty and emotional weight.

A breakneck French thriller, “Point Blank” is so ridiculously successful at keeping its momentum going — and keeping the audience tense with suspense — that it’s likely to leave you with ...

Now, Variety pegs the Italian Job star for the lead role in a remake of Point Blank, Fred Cavaye's 2010 French action thriller, not to be confused with the Lee Marvin movie of the same name.