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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Release Date: Feb 22, 2008
Running Time: 90 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Spanish and English
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton 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 hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis, an American tourist who thinks he's captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe, is American TV news producer Rex Brooks. As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place--and it will become apparent that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface.
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Thomas Barnes
Kent Taylor
President Ashton
Howard Lewis
Rex Brooks
Grace Riggs
Javier
Secret Service Agent
Luis
Marie
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reviews
PETER TRAVERS -
March 6, 2008
For about half an hour, before the movie crashes and burns in a bonfire of exaggeration and stupidity overkill, Vantage Point shapes up as a nifty ride. Never heard of the director Pete Travis (though the name sounds familiar), but the guy knows how to pump the action pedal — hell, he floors it. We’re in Spain, in a town square where the U.S. Prez (William Hurt) is about to give a noontime speech on global terrorism. A network TV unit, headed by Sigourney Weaver, is recording the event for
As a refreshing change of pace from other action films of its ilk, Vantage Point packs a wallop with its clever staging. Story Vantage Point gives us just that--a birds-eyed view of an assassination/terrorist attack on the U.S. president. In Spain, at a landmark outdoor summit on the global war on terror, President Ashton (William Hurt) is shot and a bomb explodes, killing hundreds of people. For the rest of the film, we see the same 15 minutes over and over but from different points of view:
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