Gets better with age! Especially in the Trump era (which makes Dick Nixon look not so bad right about now).
I thought it to be a masterpiece in 1995, and think even more so now. Also one of John Williams' best most underrated scores (which is playing behind me as I type this). Director's edition has 23 minutes cut back in, and some of the Helms sequence could have been cut, but otherwise bravo performances especially from James Woods (should…
Perfect 70s counter-culture picture has car driver outrunning cops for no apparent reason other than he just likes to drive recklessly, with hints that he is trying to outrun his own personal demons of a failed driving career, his disgust with a corrupt culture and another personal tragedy which has driven (pun intended) him to the edge.
Viewed the 106 minute UK version (7 minutes longer than the theatrical cut).
Wow..so over the top bad. The last 45 minutes or so will leave you breathless - and not so much in a good way.
Kim Kardashian is in it though....which really means nothing at all.
