It's not where he stops but who stops him.

Vanishing Point (Richard C. Sarafian, 1971)


5 reasons to see this film

1. The Amazing Car chase Sequences
2. Barry Newman as Kowalski (the fastest jew in the world)
3. Cleavon Little as Super Soul the blind DJ
4. The Cinematography By John Alonzo from Scarface and Chinatown fame
5. The Ending


"Vanishing Point" plain and simple is just great fun. The car chases will leave you stunned, jaw dropped and all. This also left me thinking, why do we need cgi when we obviously have great car scenes in such films as this. The Car chases aren't just all that's in the film even though i assure you the whole film is one huge car chase. This film has some pretty good music in it as well. I'm kind of pissed of with myself because i can't figure out the artist of a soul song towards the beginning of the film but i swear i have heard it somewhere before. The whole soul music leads me into my favorite part of the film. Yes, I actually did like something in this film other than the amazing car chases and that is Cleavon Little.

Cleavon Little plays "Super Soul" the blind Dj. Should i say more? Every single scene with Super Soul is just basically him listening to some damn good soul music and thinking that he's talking to kowalski. There is also a great scene in this film with Super Soul's radio station and a little mishap with some white folks. Some people may find his little side story annoying but i couldn't help but wait for his blind as a bat look on his face come up on screen.

All in all, this is just a great ride from start to finish. Hardly any dull moments, if any actually. Definetely go check out this film with a bunch of friends while drinking a beer or getting mashed. If Super Soul doesn't do it for you maybe it might be the man who catches snakes and sells them to christian groups or maybe even the gay bandits..yes gay bandits. (only in the uk version)

Grade A