Vanishing Point
1971 98 Minutes
Blurb:
A classic among "car chase" movies. James Kowalski works for a car delivery service and agrees to motor a supercharged 1970 Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco. For grins and giggles, he bets that he can deposit the car in California in less than 15 hours. So begins an uproarious high-speed adventure that includes confrontations with a blind DJ, gay hitchhikers, a naked biker chick and lots of cops.
This is a pretty good movie. It reminds me of Easy Rider. One problem I had with the movie is that there is no good reason for Kowalski to try and make it to California so quickly. "Grins and giggles??" I like my protagonists to have better reasons for acting the way they do than that. If you see the movie you realize it isn't really about delivering the car it is about freedom and all that but it still bugs me that they don't give Kowalski better motivation for acting the way he does.
Now this is a car chase movie but it is also an old movie so do not expect any Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift style garbage here. It starts slow and isn't really that action packed.
Verdict: Interesting movie and pretty good. Check it out if you like Easy Rider, 70's movies, or car chases.
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