Vanishing Point (1971) Reviews

"It's the maximum trip... at maximum speed." 

Number Three on my list of the Top Ten Car Movies is Richard Sarafian's 1971 drive-in cult film Vanishing Point. Often imitated, never duplicated, Vanishing Point is classic carsploitation, basically one long car chase, interspersed with flashbacks that provide what little backstory there is.

Barry Newman is Kowalski, who takes a job delivering a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco. He bets his speed dealer that he can make the delivery in 15 hours or less, which inevitably leads to unwanted attention from Johnny Law. A spectacular...