At the Movies

FLASHPOINT

Written By: George LaFountaine, Dennis Shryack, and Michael Butler

Produced By: William Tannen

Starring: Kris Kristofferson as Bobby Logan, Treat Williams as Ernie Wyatt

Flashpoint was a movie released in 1984, and I have to be honest, it was a masterpiece! Flashpoint brings together many different elements and would-be experiences from the life of border agents patrolling the southern border of the United States.

Logan and Wyatt are partners who work as border patrol agents. Logan is like the old veteran who is just tired of the politics and where the agency is headed. Wyatt is extremely smart, and he’s like the young cowboy type still believing in truth, justice, and the American way.

But Wyatt and Logan in their own ways, are both blind to how deep the corruption is within the agency, and Logan gets a first-hand lesson from a “fixer-agent” sent to Texas from Washington D.C. We’re talking about corruption at the highest levels; allowing illegal immigrants and drugs to enter the country just so the agency can continue receiving federal dollars for work.

With everything going on that’s work-related, Logan stumbles upon a jeep buried under the sand in a Texas desert, and a completely different aspect of this movie is unlocked that not only takes over the imagination of the viewing audience, but the storyline as well.

I give Flashpoint 5 out of 5 clapboards; 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬.