#34 on Glenn's Top 100 Movie ListAs far as racing movies from the 70s go, Vanishing Point may be the weirdest and also best. The movie follows this driver, Kowalski, who has to drive a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in basically a day and a half. So he starts going full speed, cops follow him, car chases, etc. What sets this movie apart from the rest is that it is full of all these bizarre mystical elements that are supposed to be representative of American culture, including a snake handler in the desert who helps him fix his car, a Radio DJ who turns him into a rebel celebrity, and a lot of flashbacks demonstrating the ways in which death has followed Kowalski his whole life. It's a great movie with a lot of great car chases, even if the snake handler gets eaten by some stupid hole in the ground (Spoilers).
RATING: 91%
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Hmm... this sounds like a really interesting one. I just read the last sentence--i love movies about animals. Im going to have to pick this one up from blockbuster or wal mart
You're supposed to put the spoiler warning BEFORE the spoiler! You just ruined Vanishing Point for me, damn you!
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