POINT OF NO RETURN (a.k.a The Assassin) opens. Directed by John Badham. Written by Robert Getchell and Alexandra Seros. Cogent, beat for beat US remake of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita from 1990 with Bridget Fonda gamely stepping into Annie Parillaud's shoes as junkie death row cop killer turned covert govt. assassin. With Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft and Harvey Keitel.