Flashback (1990)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Flashback |
| Original title | Flashback |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Franco Amurri |
| script | David Loughery |
| production | Richard Stenta , Marvin Worth |
| music | Barry Goldberg |
| camera | Stefan Czapsky |
| cut | Carroll Timothy O'Meara |
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Flashback is a 1990 American action comedy directed by Franco Amurri .
action
The FBI agent John Buckner is to transfer the old hippie Huey Walker to Spokane , where Walker awaits a criminal trial. Walker was a famous activist 20 years ago, his photo appeared on the cover of Life magazine . Buckner and Walker are supposed to fly first, but they take a train due to the bad weather.
Walker makes fun of the young age of his guardian. He pretends to have Acid for Buckner in his drink . Buckner then tries to reduce the effect of the acid with the help of alcohol, but gets drunk and unable to act. Walker cuts his hair short, changes clothes with Buckner and slips into the identity of FBI agent Buckner. Walker escorts him because he can no longer walk on his own two feet and hands him over to the police. Buckner is locked in a holding cell at the local sheriff's office, while Walker goes into a bar and does not reveal his true identity to two former hippies.
Buckner wakes up and argues with Sheriff Hightower, who thinks he's Walker and hits him. Hightower later realizes his mistake and fears that the glitch could jeopardize his candidacy for Congress . He talks to Buckner, who wants to report him to prisoner abuse.
Walker is kidnapped by the men mentioned above who have positive memories of the 1960s. Because of Walker's false information, they believe him to be Buckner and - despite violent protests and assurances that he is Walker - want to exchange Buckner for Walker. At the handover meeting point, the men who notice their mistake let Walker walk. Since Buckner still wants to hold the sheriff accountable , he tries to kill Buckner and Walker. The two save themselves by jumping from the bridge into the river.
Buckner and Walker arrive at an old hippie colony where Buckner grew up. His parents moved out years ago and run a shop in a town. Only Maggie, who knows the whole family, lives in the colony. She shows the men a film from Buckner's childhood. Buckner recounts how ashamed of the normal kids as a kid of the hippies , but the old movie touches him.
Maggie takes Buckner and Walker to the train going to Canada in an old brightly painted bus . Several FBI agents, including Buckner's boss and Hightower, board the train. There Hightower tries again to kill Buckner, but Walker throws him off the train. He decouples the freight cars at the end of the train from the passenger cars. One of the FBI agents shoots him, and Walker appears to be hit. A little later, the freight wagons derailed and containers with a highly flammable substance explode.
Buckner takes a long vacation and rides a motorcycle. He wants to visit his parents. In front of a bookstore with books by Walker on display in the window, Buckner meets Walker, who has only faked his death in order to be able to sell his book better. This book, written earlier, became a bestseller, which enabled Walker to use a stretch limousine - albeit on loan .
Reviews
Roger Ebert described the film in the Chicago Sun-Times on February 2, 1990 as a " pleasant surprise ". He mixes elements of the films Midnight Run - Five Days to Midnight and Rude Awakening . Ebert praised the “ quick ”, “ intelligent ” and “ engaging ” portrayal of Dennis Hopper.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film had “ dramaturgical bumps ” and mixed genres in a “ wild ” way. Nevertheless, it is " an attractive attempt to combine the dreams of the protest-ridden 60s in an amusing way with the zeitgeist frustrations of the present ". Dennis Hopper " flirted (...) with his cult status ", which he achieved after the film Easy Rider .
background
The film was in Denver and Glenwood Springs ( Colorado turned). He played about 6.5 million in the cinemas of the United States dollar one.
swell
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ^ Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Filming locations for Flashback
- ↑ Box office / business for flashback
Web links
- Flashback in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Flashback in the Lexicon of International Films
- Flashback at rotten tomatoes (English)