A movie about which I can think of almost nothing good to say.
Vanishing Point (1971)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:12
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: An ex-racecar driver gets high on Benzedrine and leads the police on a hectic chase.
Starring: Barry Newman, Dean Jagger, Cleavon Little, Paul Koslo
Starring: Barry Newman, Dean Jagger, Cleavon Little, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Timothy Scott, Gilda Texter, Anthony James
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Screenwriter: Guillermo Cain
Producer: Norman Spencer
Composer: Jim Bowen, Peter Carpenter, Tom Thacker
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Reviews for Vanishing Point
The woodenness of both direction and Newman's performance becomes increasingly apparent.
Takes full advantage of the subject's existential and mythical undertones without being pretentious, and you certainly get a run for your money, along with a lot of rock music.
A fairly interesting, but somewhat muddled, road movie starring Newman as an ex-cop who now drives cars from Denver to San Francisco for a living.
The last quarter of Grindhouse was little more than a love note to this flick’s towering excellence.
Really nothing but a one hundred minute car chase across country, and I loved every minute of it...
should be seen as a particularly charged variant of a now extinct genre: the artsy B-movie
Merged the appeal of Bullitt with that of, say, Zabriskie Point...fast cars and dusty existentialism. [Blu-ray]
In a time when vacant retreads such as The Fast and the Furious are the problem, Vanishing Point is the answer.
A film all but overflowing with the revolting spirit of the oppressed. Bring the noise!
A fairly entertaining chase flick, with a few artistic touches included to keep the thinking viewers happy.
The action is almost entirely made up of one man driving a car at maximum speed from Denver to, hopefully, San Francisco.
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