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The Big Picture Who doesn't love a good revenge story? I'm not talking about stories about how revenge is a hollow mission that only destroys the souls of all involved, but the ones where the revenge was totally worth it! Where you watch your hero chase after retribution and think to yourself "damn right they deserve that." Admittedly, those sorts of films aren't so common, perhaps for fear of sending a bad message, but when we do get them, they're so satisfying.
Walker is actually a character that audiences are more familiar with than you'd initially think. He's based on a character named Parker, from a series of novels written by Donald Westlake, who allegedly stipulated that he wouldn't allow filmmakers to use the name "Parker" unless they committed to making a full series of films.
Walker constantly walks a line between being an outright sociopath and being a gentleman thief in the tradition of a less charming Danny Ocean, coexisting as the two extremes of a man who has boiled every aspect of his modus operandi down to a science. The magic of Marvin's performance lies in how he's so indomitably cool without ever being truly likable.
Is Lee Marvin's Walker a Ghost in 'Point Blank'? Close It may be a bit gauche to claim any character that survives a gunshot is definitely actually a ghost, but Point Blank lays down so much overt text about Walker's back-from-the-dead status that it's led many critics to propose that Walker truly is a ghost for the majority of the film.
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