Vanishing Point (1997 film)

Vanishing Point, a 1997 television remake of the 1971 cult film, aired on the Fox television network. The remake was directed by Charles Robert Carner, and stars Viggo Mortensen, Jason Priestley, Peta Wilson, Christine Elise, and Keith David, and the same model 1970 Dodge Challenger RT as in the original.

An interstate chase develops. Throughout the rest of the journey he is pursued by a relentless Utah sheriff and an FBI agent who, while trying to make a name for himself and the organization after the incidents of Ruby Ridge and the Waco Siege, becomes convinced Kowalski is either running drugs or is a domestic terrorist. Kowalski is aided in his flight by a radio shock jock called The Voice Priestley, a libertarian DJ with a Gadsden flag in his studio, who is constantly giving homilies on topics such as income taxes and government oppression. The Voice, intrigued by Kowalkskis run across country, sets out to find the truth about Kowalski. As he does so, he discovers the truth of Kowalskis drug run and that Kowalski is really rushing home to be with his wife during her now dangerous pregnancy.Along the way, Kowalski runs into the desert where he gets lost, blows a tire, and spends the night on an Indian reservation. He finds his way back onto the road where he continues on his way to Idaho, tricking the FBI into going the opposite direction of his intended path. However, as the day rides on he falls asleep and drives into the salt flats. A woman on a motorcycle finds him just after he wakes up and informs him he has damaged his oil pan. He follows her to her hideout, where he meets her boyfriend, who is hiding from the IRS and is at first suspicious that Kowalski is from the government. After the girl and Kowalski convince the boyfriend that Kowalski is one of them, the boyfriend offers to ridemiles to try and locate a replacement oil pan. He arrives back after successfully finding one but warns Kowalski that the roads and intersections are teeming with police and agents. After they help Kowalski fit the pan, the couple offers to help him with a plan to run a roadblock. ........

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