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Post by lostinlimbo on Apr 14, 2021 22:21:04 GMT
stefancrosscoe , I noticed the other day you watched the 1984 film ‘Flashpoint’. How did you like it? It popped up on my radar only last week when I was searching YouTube, and I put it on back-burner. Curious if I should push it forward? Yeah, I remember that Flashpoint was being brought up in the old RoboCop (1987) thread back in 2017, and then I guess mostly because of Kurtwood Smith's contribution, whom did a pretty solid job as a bad guy here, of course not anywhere as "colorful" or brutal as Clarence Boddicker, but creepy, I guess. However, the film felt a bit too "slow", I do not mind that kind of entertainment, but somehow the atmosphere and story has to be at least a bit more "punchier", and I thought Flashpoint had the potential and talents involved, but somehow it (think it was a HBO tv-movie) felt very hasty produced, and there was never a moment where it seemed like anything above a 5/10 (which was what I ended up with). All in all, Kris Kristofersen, Treat Williams and Kurtwood Smith all delivers, but the story sadly was not strong enough too keep my interest up, all the way, and a bi disappointed by the rather dull and forgettable score done by Tangerine Dream. So, yeah, not my kind of movie, but did not expect too much from it, and since it was just lying around free on the net, I cannot complain too much. So I finally watched it last night, and pretty much agree with everything you said. Good cast in a mediocre story (which felt like it got too smart for its own good) and too little thrills. It’s funny, as the danger is present when Kurtwood Smith comes onto the scene, but too much happens off screen for my liking. Came across like a TV movie at times. Anyhow how about that final end credits song? Pretty bad, and felt totally out-of-place after such a downbeat ending.
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