I've been enjoying re-watching an old film. Flashpoint is a 1984 flick about two Texas Border patrolmen, who unearth an old jeep in the desert. It contains a skeleton, a rifle and 800, 000 dollars dated 1963.
I won't spoil anything. If you like conspiracy films like Capricorn One or Edge of Darkness then you'll like Flashpoint.
It stars ever-young Kris Kristofferson and Hair's Treat Williams. They remind me of a serious version of the two oddjobbers in Tremors. With its central hook of loot found on the land it sits well with No Country for Old Men and a Simple Plan.
There are lots of Jeeps in Flashpoint and I couldn't help thinking of my hill-climbing Hurdler toy jeep released by Century 21 Toys.
Have you got a Hurdler, a jeep - toy or actual - or maybe you've seen Flashpoint too?
I've got a C21 Hurdler on its way to me as I type.....hopefully I'll be able to get it running once I've got my paws on it. Back in the early 70's, us kiddys got Tonka toys at Xmastime. One of the ones I had was the Jeep; this had a detachable hard top and fold-down windshield (last seen when I gave it to my nephew to play with in the 80's). And further back into the distant past, we had a Triang pedalcar jeep (until my brother and I destroyed it).
ReplyDeleteHow did you destroy a Tri-ang pedal car may I ask Timmy and have you got your Hurdler yet?
DeleteHurdler is due mon/tues.
DeleteHow to destroy a Triang pedal car? One of us would squeeze into the seat with legs over the front (I think my brother could still get his legs in but I was too tall to fit) and the other would push as fast as possible down the garden path. To stop you had to steer into one of the concrete washing line posts or the coal bunker. Crunch, bash , smash 20 or 30 times a day. Eventually one of the front wheels fell off and that was that!