Review of Flashpoint (1984) by Terrence N — 01 Sep 2009
This film reminded me of No Country for Old Men minus the profundity plus the conspiracy. A constantly shirtless Kris Kristofferson (in tons of great films) and Treat Williams (a terrible actor) have good chemistry as two good ol' boys who stumble onto a fortune that only brings them bad luck.
As a conspiracy flick it's pretty decent as it doesn't get bogged down in details and just presents everything matter of factly instead of going the dipshit Oliver Stone route. Rip Torn shows up and does Rip Torn, Kurtwood Smith plays a great scumbag and has a good lil' monologue about America.
It's a shame the role he's forever known for is that 70s show nonsense instead of something like this or Robocop. The end's a bit rubbish and lazy but everything preceding gives you an above-average ninety minutes.
This review of Flashpoint (1984) was written by Terrence N on 01 Sep 2009.
Flashpoint has generally received mixed reviews.
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