Very Underrated


Good story// Good cast // I have watched this movie twice and feel this is one of the better movies of the 80s.

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I completely agree. This is an excellent film, I'd love to see more like it. Kristofferson always delivers for me, and I'm a Treat Williams fan as well, but I disagree with one of the reviewers that this is a film for Treat fans only. This is a solid mystery with real similarities to Lone Star and Extreme Prejudice. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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I thought it was a tight and well-focused script, with honest characters and good production values. If you watch Burt Lancaster's "Executive Action" before this film it really ties the plot line (and Flashpoint's ultimate outcome) together.

Plus is has one of the funniest lines in a police mystery that I've ever heard......

"We're with the Border Patrol, ma'am -- we don't have any balls."


Six Actual......OUT!

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Interesting. Elaborate on the Executive Action tie-in, if you don't mind. Are they from the same author? How do they tie together? Thanks.


"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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Executive Action... another "Kennedy Assassination" film that was good but still quite uneven, although I much prefer Flashpoint if I had to choose between the two. The chemistry between Kristofferson and Williams really made the film for me.



Bobby Logan: “Who where you? WHO WERE YOU?!?

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Wait a minute... who am I here?

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Definitely under-rated;

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I watched this mainly for the Tangerine Dream score and was fairly blown away by the Peckinpah by way of Oliver Stone-style narrative. Here's a writeup on the film I did:

http://juntajuleil.blogspot.com/2010/05/film-review-flashpoint-1984-wi lliam.html

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I just saw it on cable. As I did the first time I saw it many years ago. I was wondering when I saw the description this time...is it THAT movie? Yes it was! I remembered this one from long ago. It's good enough for me to remember it a long time. Better this time around I think. 27 years down the road from where those actors were then. Makes it interesting. They were 20 years down the road from that jeep accident...

Great film.

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Curiously, it has Kurtwood Smith (who's fabulous here) and Miguel Ferrer in it, a couple of years before their stardom in RoboCop.

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In fact, although it's not on screen, it's most likely Kurtwood Smith who kills Ferrer. Again. (or "For the first time"?)

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Been a fan since I first saw this on video in the 80s. As phantomsever has already stated, this makes a fine companion piece for 'Executive Action'.


You can't palm off a second-rater on me. You gotta remember I was in the pink!

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I couldn't agree more my friend what a gr8 cast full of underrated actors. The plot was awesome kept you interested.

No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

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This good?

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I love how this film was grounded in a very plausible workaday reality. Fine cast, capable direction, and an intelligent script as well. Nice moody score by Tangerine Dream, too.

I've been chasing grace/ But grace ain't easy to find

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