Vantage Point
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.Director:
Pete TravisWriter:
Barry L. LevyStars:
Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox | See full cast and crew »Storyline
The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to
address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his
girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist
with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from
medical leave. Shots ring out and the President falls; a few minutes
later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square.
Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different
characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is
the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries
thought of everything?
Use Reviews
still running off the endorphins
I just got home from
seeing an early showing of this film and I just must say, "OH MY
GOD...". Within the first 5 minutes easily, I was so engrossed that I
couldn't look away. It was very intense. And although some may find the
constant 'rewinding' to be annoying, I just found that it made it that
much more awesome. Every 20 minutes or so you're right on the edge of
your seat and are left hanging until the very end. It's one giant tease,
but it's totally worth it. Definitely one of the smartest, and most
well executed movies I can remember seeing. The whole ensemble is
absolutely flawless. It had the perfect combination of action, suspense,
and humor.
