Kris Kristofferson's Flashpoint Flop

On April 5th, Chris Christofferson hit the screen as Blade's mentor, Whistler in 1998, but over a decade earlier, he led HBO's first.

The atrical swing with the neo-western flashpoint in 1984, that joint venture with Columbia Pictures aimed high,

starring Chris Christofferson as a Border Patrol agent alongside treat Williams backed by a synth.

Score from Tangerine Dream, the plot kicks off when the agents uncover a buried Jeep in the Texas desert,

packed with a skeleton and $800,000 from A, 1960 bank heist. Turns out, the cash ties back to the

infamous 1963 assassination in Texas, drawing FBI heat and turning their find into a deadly chase.

Box office-wise, it flopped hard, pulling just $3.8 million on a $10 million budget.

Critics gave mixed vibes. Roger Ebert dug the low-key acting from Christofferson and Williams,

but called the ending a total betrayal with its convenient. Twists. Others slammed it as contrived from

the jump. This bust echoed Christofferson's Heaven's Gate disaster from 1980, nearly burying HBO's

big-screen dreams before they started. Yet they bounced back quick, dropping films like Heaven

Helpless, and volunteers in 1985. Flashpoint faded fast, but Christofferson's grit carried him to

play glory, reminding us Hollywood's full of high-stakes bets that don't always pay. Off.

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