has said that he used stylistic touches from Point Blank many times in his filmmaking career. The Hunter was also the basis for Brian Helgeland's Payback (1999), starring Mel Gibson. Director Boorman has joked that Payback was so bad that Gibson must have taken the original script for Point Blank that Boorman and Marvin had thrown out. Influence On March 29, 1968, Point Blank was screened at Cinelândia movie theaters to protest the murder of 18-year-old high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto by the military police of Rio de Janeiro. Souto was shot at point-blank range. Phrases such as "Do bullets kill hunger?", "Old people in power, young people in coffins", and "They killed a student... what if it was your son?" were written by protesters in the movie posters. The aftermath of Souto's death was one of the first major public protests against the Brazilian military government. See also List of American films of 1967 References External links 1967 films 1960s crime thriller films American crime thriller films American gangster films Films scored by Johnny Mandel American films about revenge Films based on American novels Films based on crime novels Films based on works by Donald E. Westlake Films directed by John Boorman Films set in California Films set in San Francisco Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films produced by Robert Chartoff United States National Film Registry films American neo-noir films Films about contract killing in the United States Films about contract killing 1960s English-language films 1960s American films