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Art film and road movie collide for Vanishing Point, an existential car chase across the desert in a post Easy Rider America. Barry Newman stars as Kowalski, a taciturn driver who bets t...( read more 
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MCT:October 1, 2008
A guy attempts to drive a car from point a to point b but, because he's speeding the cops try to stop him and because he doesn't stop, more cops try to stop him.
This movie is one big car chase that has a dream like quality to it. I don't know how else to describe it.
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MCT:August 19, 2008maybe it's gonna be a new experience..i never seen the kind movie like this before..it's gonna be fun..
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MCT:July 20, 2008interesting movie with great car chase scenes that remind me of Smokey and the Bandit (even though that was made much later) but besides the chase scenes the rest of the movie is pretty boring and the backstory of Kowalski I thought was pretty stupid and overdone.
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MCT:July 6, 2008
Simple existential movie about drivin' among the non-drivers and cops. Would be a horrible movie if it was about delivering a car, it's a good movie because it has nothing to do with that. Also, exemplary use of flashbacks.
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MCT:June 28, 2008
The vanishing point has a certain charm and the characters was really good. Because of the simple story and my lack of interest for cars this movie made no impression on me.
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MCT:June 9, 2008
Released in 1971 and staring Barry Newman as Kowalski. You get the 70's feel in this movie. A car chase movie from Denver to San Francisco, that takes Kowalski and a 1970 Dodge Challenger to their limits.
This is the same movie that was quoted in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. So I took that as an endorsement from the man himself. If your a fan of 70's genre type movies or love a good car chase you will like this flick. -
Geez. How is THIS movie a cult classic. I watched it the other day, and I gotta say, it was one of the most pointless, random, stupid movies I have ever seen. The car chases aren't car chases at all, it's just him driving fast and cop cars flipping over for no reason whatsoever. This movie doesn't deserve even half a star, because there is absolutely NOTHING appealing about it at all. And Don't even get me started on the ending that made absolutely no sense. I'm sorry, but if you like this movie, you just don't know what a good car chase is.
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MCT:May 14, 2008This was a very enjoyable movie about a guy taking a high speed chase from Denver to San Fransisco. Kowalski, our hero, is driving the infamous 1970 Dodge Challenger. He is described by a local DJ as "The last free spirit on this earth." A lesson that sometimes death is the only way to be set free ultimately.
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MCT:April 26, 2008Lots of driving, but a cool story. SPOILER: I didn't understand why he'd kill himself at the end, though.
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MCT:April 26, 2008
This mists of time have dulled my memory of this flic for me except that it was the story of one man against the world and it ended very badly. Cult classic right here and I must get myself a copy. Sorry to say they've remade it (as they are doing more and more often) but the new one holds no interest for this fan of the original.
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MCT:April 15, 2008
It has a few very short fun moments. Other than that, there's nothing here and not that much happens.
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MCT:April 3, 2008Kowalski is a man who lives on the edge. His latest adrenaline rush is to deliver a white Dodge Challenger from Colorado to Frisco, California in 15 hours.
Throw in lots of chase scenes, gay hitchhikers, a naked woman riding a motorbike, lots of Mopar and you've got a great cult hit from the early 1970's. -
MCT:March 27, 2008
The soul reason I was interested in watching this was that it was named dropped in Quentin Tarentino?s portion of Grindhouse and I?m making it a goal to see more of the stuff Tarentino references. I also heard that a weird spoken word portion of a Guns n? Roses song I like was taken from this movie. As such, I decided to watch the film against my better judgment, I?m always skeptical of cult movies. The film was definitely better than I expected, but I wouldn?t call it a triumph. This is definitely a work of its time, both in style and attitude. I get the distinct impression that the people who made this were taking a lot of drugs. Rarely does so much serious pathos get placed on material that?s really quite stupid. The car scenes, the chases, and stunts here are not bad, the filmmaking in general is rather competent, but there is a definite budget on display. An interesting artifact, I?m not sure the story would really hold up if removed from the setting, but I did enjoy watching it.
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MCT:March 19, 2008
Really interesting movie for the direction, the music, an incredible car chase that had a lot of style. The story was a bit strange, maybe I need another watch! But I can,t understand now what the girls in Death Proof was so obsess with this movie ;-)
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MCT:March 15, 2008
Fun, somewhat dated car chase film. An when I say car chase film, I mean 90% of the movie is behind the wheel with someone out to get him. Very nice photography as well. Captures the midwest nicely before all the fast food joints cluttered it up.
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MCT:March 8, 2008
Pretty decent flick. as a car flick, it's top notch. But overall it could have been better. but it's a fun watch. Nothing too mind blowing.
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MCT:March 1, 2008
What a film. The American dream gone wrong. This was the film that set the standard for all road movies yet to be made
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MCT:February 15, 2008
A sheer classic.Are there any Dodge Challengers left out there now given the high usage in films lately!
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MCT:January 22, 2008
This is "THE" cult movie of all the cult movies.If you like car chases, muscle cars and musics from the 70's...stop looking !! Another masterpiece that Quen. Tarantino copy...oh sorry...I mean, was inspired by... for his last movie "Death proof".
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MCT:January 12, 2008"And there goes the Challenger, being chased by the blue, blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver, the last American hero, the, the electric centaur, the demi-god, the super driver of the golden west! Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver. The police numbers are gettin' closer, closer, closer to our soul hero, in his soul mobile, yeah baby! They about to strike. They gonna get him. Smash him. Rape... The last beautiful free soul on this planet."
The best and coolest car chase movie ever made with fantastic, breathtaking cinematography. Great cast: Cleavon Little and Barry Newman. And with some cool music.
Kowalski (Barry Newman) bets he can drive from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours and there's only one way to doit, haul ass. -
MCT:November 21, 2007
Basically a watered-down Easy Rider with an amazing car instead of motorcycles. Not bad but it doesn't make total (or even a lot of) sense as a few things were left unexplained. The flashbacks were good although I kind of wish there were more of them even if only to fill in some of the plot gaps. Great landscape cinematography as was the raiding of the radio station by the local inbreds despite how disturbing and brutally it was done. Cleavon Little was cool as was Barry Newman as Kowalski. Of course the star was the Challenger and its car chases. I can't say the ending surprised me. All I know is if the odds are against me and a naked blonde with no tan lines on a motorcycle asks me if I want to have some fun I'm saying YES...!
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MCT:November 7, 2007
Action, Road, Art movie Vanishing Point is rightly a cult hit.
The story is simple, Kowalski bets that he can make it across the desert in 15 hours. He is kept company by a radio DJ who messages him about the potential police problems up ahead - teh film then becomes a chase against time, as the DJ's warnings become more dangerous and more people tune into see how Kowalski is doing and suddenly it feels like all of america is sat on the edge of the seat with you. The ending is spectacular and i won't spoil it but will say, go watch this film.
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