Black Point (film)

Black Point is a 2001 film named after the American town of the same name, starring David Caruso as an innocent man caught up in a bad situation when criminals go looking for lost money. It was shot in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

In Black Point, Washington state, John Hawkins is getting drunk in a bar. Still drinking from a bottle, he drives home, playing chicken with a truck which narrowly avoids him and then runs into a tree. This leads to the sheriff Lisa and her chief deputy Fred turning up at his log cabin with guns drawn in case of trouble though Lisa is an old friend of Johns. However this is next day and John has now sobered up. Lisa tells him he has two strikes against him and the next time he causes trouble hell be put away under Americas Three Strikes law where a minor offense can lead to a long term of imprisonment. This leads to a contrite John jogging into town to the local docks where he passes a young couple who are moving into a riverside house they have rented.He meets his friend Standing Bear who runs a fishing boat and the Seahorse Cafe who John has let down again in not turning up for work because of his binges. John is set to work and later delivers some fish in his banged up vehicle to the new couple. The husband Gus is out and the wife Natalie is having trouble with a water leak, which John fixes. As they are beginning to get friendly, Gus and some friends turn up so John leaves. He chucks away his booze stash when he gets home. Early next morning, he joins a hunting party with Standing Bear and some of his Red Indian friends. ........

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