Bit of a mishmash really - some lovely sleek models, by which we mean the cars (obviously) and in particular the classic DB2s and Lotus amongst others. Filmed in rather garish Eastmancolor, the end product would have been much better off sticking to B&W. The plot involving corporate espionage in the world of automotive engineering is ropey at best and interestingly the best interventions come from the character parts - Maurice Denham, Michael Medwin and even the wonderfully irascible James Robertson Justice as a racing team boss with blinkered vision and questionable decision making. Anthony Steel is bland to the point of somnolence and, as if to counter this, Stanley Baker, normally such a strong screen presence, appears to overact wildly as the somewhat twitchy bad guy.
Review of Checkpoint
