rioplaydrum
A stupid plot, fast cars, cops being wrecked in their own cars and motorcycles, a very cool driver, and oh,...A gorgeous naked chick on a Honda motorcycle in the middle of the desert.You can't think this stuff up! Throw in a hip black radio host and you've got it all.This is the archetypical 70's rebel movie. A Vietnam Vet and disgraced cop racing across the United States in a bad-ass car against all odds.What can go wrong? ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING! A true American Classic.So many movies that year fell by the way side totally unremembered.This film delivered and always will.Vanishing Point smokes like a ten-ton bomb that waits to go off at the very end.Loved it. Will always love it.
writenact
I was expected a modern classic, but what a let down. The whole thing was a long, rather mediocre car chase. Here's a guy who supposed deliver a car (one would assume, intact) driving through the desert, off road, etc. I don't think the car was stolen (or maybe it was, whatever...), however the plot of getting to San Francisco in 15 hours on a bet with a small time speed dealer didn't make sense. The only thing that kept me awake was the naked girl on motorcycle. Even the car chase sequences were bland. If you're looking for a car chase movie from that era, try Bullit or The French Connection. Maybe I'm missing the whole 'Lone Wolf/Rebel' bit, I dunno. I realize this was a drive-in/B Movie, however Vanishing Point seemed like a pointless exercise in WTF.
trashgang
To be honest, I never came across this flick until a friend of my dropped in a few weeks ago telling me to see this flick if you do love muscle cars because the main lead is a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T. Do loving muscle cars I thought to give it a try but after a few minutes I knew that this was a must see.Just watch how this was shot and just listen to the music, only that makes it worth watching. The story itself isn't really that important. Bring a car from point A to B. We do learn a bit about the driver Kowalski (Barry Newman) and his past but it's really the car that makes the movie. Naturally being made early 70's it were the heydays of the muscle cars and you will see a lot of them. Maybe one reason that this flick isn't that much spoken of is the fact that it doesn't include a Ford Mustang but don't worry, the sound and power of the Dodge will deliver.What you see throughout this flick are teams that can't be done nowadays. The racism used towards the end is what really happened back then but nowadays you watch it with open mouth. But it was also the moment of the hippies and free sex and you will see nudity here and there. Naturally drugs are involved too. It will remind you of the other classic Easy Rider (1969) only here we don't have that much of deep story. It shows America as it was back then. I've seen it on restored Blu Ray and it looked stunning with excellent 5.1, you can here the car all over your room. This is pure cult and did stand time, only to wish for that those cars were still here with all their character and sound in stead of the trash being made nowadays. Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 0/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5
grantss
Very good, and surprisingly so. I only watched this because it gets many reverential references in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof". Expected it to be nothing more than a revhead movie, but it is far better than that.More like Easy Rider on four wheels. A movie about freedom and individuality. Good script, but it is the direction and the setting that makes this movie great. Richard Sarafian sketches Kowalski's character through flashbacks and delivered information, showing you why he is doing what he is doing. The ending is perfect.Barry Newman hardly had much dialogue, but in playing Kowalski he defined anti-authoritarian freedom-loving figures forever.
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