Vanishing Point

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Vanishing Point

TV-PG

1997

1h 36m

Action

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An expectant father (Viggo Mortensen) speeds a muscle car across four states, guided by an Indian spiritualist.

David Bianculli

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

1d

If you're asking why the guy doesn't just drive to the airport and fly home, you're already too smart to watch this new Vanishing Point.

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Gail Pennington

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

1d

Spending time on "Vanishing Point" is pointless.

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John Martin

New York Times

1d

The chase scenes, though well done, get a big old... But there's an element of suspense that holds the action-drama together.

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Walt Belcher

Tampa Tribune

1d

Shame on anyone who remake a cult favorite and does it as badly as this.

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Maj Canton

Radio Times

1d

2/5

Writer/director Charles Robert Carner revs up the action but eventually runs out of gas, despite a good cast and scenic desert locations.

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Erin Free

FILMINK (Australia)

1d

While most viewers will likely pine for the trippy existentialism of the original, Charles Robert Carner’s remake of Vanishing Point thrills and grips from the initial key-turn right through to the final climactic crunching of metal and glass.

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Glenn B

@Glenn1950 Jan 15

1971 Vanishing Point was a great movie. 1997 Vanishing Point was Hollywood saying we don't have the imagination to think of anything new so let's rip off a classic movie just to make a buck.

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Stephen R

@RT22992064 03/15/2023

I really felt this was as good as the original

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delysid d

@RT67044741 03/14/2022

what is the point of remaking a classic film that was perfect to begin with? the original is worth 10x this piece of crud.

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11/28/2020

Well, first off, it's a libertarian's wet dream. Regardless, the script is a mess. Lots of frankly bad "messages," confusedly involving Catholicism, Native American spiritualism, rampant lawlessness, bad choices supposedly based on love, the "boot" of the gov't on the individual's neck, suicide. It's a mess. The messages are conflicting; the actions are frequently not consistent with the messages. The only thing good about it is I got to stare at Viggo Moretensen in his prime for an hour and a half.

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04/20/2015

rated golden! barely qualifies as a remake because it is so different from the original, but is a decent movie with a spiritual ending.

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09/19/2014

Young Viggo shows promise in this occasionally entertaining remake.

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Synopsis

An expectant father (Viggo Mortensen) speeds a muscle car across four states, guided by an Indian spiritualist.

Director: Charles Robert Carner
Screenwriter: Charles Robert Carner
Production Co: Fox Television Network, Westgate Productions
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 36m