Vantage Point 2008

8 strangers. 8 points of view. 1 truth.

6.392 / 10   1941 vote(s)
PG-13
Drama Action Thriller Crime

The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

Homepage http://www.vantagepoint-movie.com/index.php
Release Date 2008-02-01
Runtime 1h 30m
Directors Pete Travis, Amir Mokri
Producers Neal H. Moritz, Callum Greene, Tania Landau, Lynwood Spinks, Mark Farrington, Ricardo Del Río
Writer Barry Levy

Decent if not also contrived quasi-political thriller (the politics of it is rather thin and safe, so neither side will be offended) with each segment were okay though the Forest Whitaker one was the most ridiculous. Also not sure if there was meant to be one with the news team, and Sigourney Weaver's talent was utterly wasted.

All that said, the stunt and car chase sequences in the final act was great and a good choice more or less having Dennis Quaid being the lead of the ensemble. This probably makes for a fine weekend viewing even if the pacing, that is the jumping from one POV to the other, never quite worked but still found it entertaining. 3.5/5

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