SummaryDuring the 1970s, car delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time but always runs into trouble with the highway cops.
Directed By:Richard C. Sarafian
Written By:Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Malcolm Hart, Barry Hall
Vanishing Point
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61
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Newman picks up speed and symbolic baggage as the movie progresses, and much of the film’s brilliance lies in the way Sarafian balances the two elements.
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Vanishing Point is a fantastic chase film, which despite its heavy-handed symbolism, is an absolute must for any movie lover – whether you're a petrol head or not.
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While Vanishing Point isn't the ultimate car chase movie as Tarantino would make you believe, it's certainly layered with fascinating subtext and few decent chase elements to keep action fans at bay.
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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.
40
The script starts explaining in embarrassing memory flashes, the echoes of Easy Rider multiply, bits of mysticism and a blind black DJ called Super-Soul are injected, and the woodenness of both direction and Newman's performance becomes increasingly apparent.
40
The action is almost entirely made up of one man driving a car at maximum speed from Denver to, hopefully, San Francisco, against various odds, from the police who try to intercept him, to the oddball individuals he meets along the way.
30
A movie about which I can think of almost nothing good to say.
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Apr 18, 2021
10
Legendary movie of all time .
I watched more than 100 times and never felt tired of it.
Jan 10, 2020
10
I read this was one of Spielberg's favorite movies, and it was so good. It was full of life and loss and heart, with really good driving scenes. The Driver (1978) is my favorite car movie, but this was not far behind.
