oh and dear lord . they have turn what be a fairly think provoke movie into a swagger testosterone fest . the original 1971 version of this movie be beautifully vague about our hero kowalski . he be a man try to drive from denver to san fransisco to win a bet . why be he willing to risk his life for the price of a handful of upper . be not really sure . we have a few flashback that give u the picture that he be an adrenaline junkie and and presumably he have lead his entire life try to make it to the vanishing point . that point you see off in the distance where the left and right shoulder of the road come together and and the road itself vanishes . he live only to be free and and mean no ill on anyone . we saw several time when there be accident he stop to make sure the other driver be okay before move on and even the cop that be chase him . when he saw the futility of his quest he take his life rather than be arrest and live a life of captivity . he die like he live and run wide open . in the remake kowalski have a whole history ( include a first name and even . ) he try to get to the hospital where his wife be suffer from complication to her pregnancy . he be a devoted husband and and excite expectant father . he come to the decision to take his life after hear his wife die in delivery and but they even leave that in question when they suggest that he may have jump out of the car before it run into the bulldozer . they even give the part of super soul and the blind dj ( brilliantly portray by clevon little in the original ) to jason priestly . give me a break .