Flashback (1990)

Inspired casting puts sparks in this comedy of counterculture clash between an aging 1960s radical and a buttoned-down FBI agent. Dennis Hopper plays an Abbie Hoffman-esque sixties activist and prankster who lands in the custody of a conservative young agent (a suitably uptight Kiefer Sutherland) and proceeds to literally unravel the agent's carefully constructed front through a series of slippery mind games. Hopper has a blast as the unreformed sixties relic, and Carol Kane is delightful as a hippie holdout who puts both men back in touch with their identities. There are few surprises, plenty of heart, and even a little sentiment in this story of rebellion and the legacy of the counterculture. The soundtrack is gilded with well-chosen 1960s anthems. --Sean Axmaker Amazon.com

Flashback

I think this is one of the best Dennis Hopper movies out there. He's living his real life (or generation wise). It's humorous, adventurous, witty, stupid, and sometimes leaves Keifer Sutherland blowing in the breeze. Be FREE hippe boy Be FREE. I had it on VCR and I repurched it on DVD. Watch it, you won't regret it. It's got lots of action, turns, and fun. The ending will blow you away. Might be an older movie but it was made real well. April 25, 2008

Ruthless People

This is by far one of the funniest videos I have ever seen. Bette Midler is FANTASTIC in this! I give it 5 stars. December 28, 2007

Unexpexted turns of the characters

Very human and a look back to the ideals of the sixties- at least those of the hippies and how their children experienced them March 28, 2007

A movie to go back to

This came out when I was 3, and Mom and I still have the laserdisc version of it. This movie is a great showing about how things have changed, if what Mom says about the 60's and 70's is true. Either way, it's a very fun movie. I feel the urge to watch it at least once a year. Keifer Sutherland plays a "me generation" FBI agent who is sent to take an ex-yippie, played by Dennis Hopper, to a prison where he can serve his sentence for disconnecting Spiro Agnew's train car. The cop and the ex-yippie end up having to flee for their lives and depend on each other for their survival, even if they drive each other crazy. In the end, the cop decides to let the ex-yippie run away. The sort of twist at the very end is nice, and I smile and chuckle thinking about it. I highly recommend it to anyone born in the late 80's who feels like they should have been in college in the 60's. April 2, 2006

A bitter innovative comedy!

Two opposites gazes. One of them is the counterculture embodied by a man literally inmersed in his own universe of the sixties. He lives in the time tunnel: in the other hand a special agent extremely conservative and following every line of the established codes. This agent will have to make a unforgettable ride through a train from to other state. And then a funny chain of smart and laughable events will fill the screen.Highly inspired and intelligent comedy that presents to Dennis Hopper as he wolud have got out from Easy rider twenty years later.
A tour de force comedy with many, many highlights. Recommendable all the way. Hopper and Shuterland made a maginficent team! April 9, 2005

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