Vantage Point Review
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- Date: Feb 23,2008
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.
Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) an American tourist video taping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home. Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver) an American TV news producer who is reporting on the conference. It’s only as we follow each person’s perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is revealed.
Vantage Point is a high octane thriller with enough explosions, shootouts and car chases to make Michael Bay proud. It features a very good cast and an up and coming director in Pete Travis. The main problem is that the movie is not very original in terms of style and plot. I would not waste my hard earned money on this movie; instead you can just rent Season 1 of 24 or Bourne Ultimatum and have a much better time.
“VANTAGE POINT” is proof that a good pulp idea can overcome a multitude of sins, but not all of them. Initially intriguing and energetic, this film ends up demonstrating that a good script needs to be more than a clever concept and fine direction must be more than moving things fast.
Vantage Point Trailer
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