
Two Texas border guards, a young hotshot and his older and more cynical partner, find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the cryptic info they've found on the dead driver. Soon, the Feds are running all over the place, and it looks like the jeep may be linked to the JFK assassination. But the Feds are trying to cover it up, and eliminate anyone who k... (Full plot summary below)
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Two Texas border guards, a young hotshot and his older and more cynical partner, find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the cryptic info they've found on the dead driver. Soon, the Feds are running all over the place, and it looks like the jeep may be linked to the JFK assassination. But the Feds are trying to cover it up, and eliminate anyone who knows about the jeep.
Leave your thoughts about Flashpoint.
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Tannen's strength is his ability to grab his audience's interest quickly and to hold on to it, even by the most superficial means. Even when the movie doesn't entirely make sense, it manages to be effective. |
| Miami HeraldLaurie HornKristofferson acts like someone who has just awakened and would like to go back to sleep--something many in the audience found themselves doing. |
| User ReviewMatthew Mgood movie with notable actors. Three of which were in the Robocop series. It was definitely a movie I felt that started out strong but seemed to be hampered by budgetary reasons. I felt the story could have been expanded more but then it is one of those movies that is between a B movie and an A movie. I don't know how to describe it. |
| User ReviewMEC rTwo ordinary Joes who are border guards find a small mystery and soon find themselves in X Files territory. This starts kind of slow and then ratchets up and ratchets up and ratchets up. Good stuff here. |
| User ReviewMike KProbably my all-time favorite movie - hands down! Never heard a song by Kristofferson I liked, never saw a movie with him I didn't like. This movie is just all-around fantastic! |
| User ReviewAnthony MGreat thriller. Solid story. you will not forget this movie after you see it. I saw it when I was 16. I still remember it. |
| User ReviewShawn WHad never hear of this film prior to viewing but liked it quite a bit. Two Texas border patrol guards find a jeep buried for two decades with $800k in it and possible ties to the Kennedy assassination. Good support cast, particularly Kurtwood Smith, who plays a great bad guy. He just looks like the type of person neighbours would describe as someone "who kept to himself" after bad things come out about him. |
| User ReviewZach ZWow, this would've been even better with an authentic western soundtrack instead of... ugh, Tangerine Dream. Other than that, I think they could've tried to hint at the mystery man's identity a little more at the library. Other than that, a reasonably solid story. |
| User ReviewGary SConsidering it was only modestly budgeted it was a good thriller. Quite eerie in places. The soundtrack makes it seem a bit dated. In some ways quite a believable plot. |
| User ReviewTyrone HI must admit that I am a bit biased about this one, as I haven't seen it for some ten years before today's occassion, and those ten years back I enjoyed it so much I still have a sort of a soft spot for it. Now I see that the plot is a bit simple and has its weak moments, but the charisma of Kris Kristofferson and the whole atmosphere of Texas border still have great impact on me. |