Vantage Point

Have you ever seen a movie and gone wow I wish I would of seen that happen from someone else’s point of view? Have you ever watched a movie and tried to figure out all the little details behind each character? Well if you have then you have to see Vantage Point. If you watch the show Lost, you will absolutely love this film.
Vantage

Vantage Point is a film shot from 6 peoples different points of view. Written by Barry Levy and directed by Pete Travis, these two creative minds came through to create a film worth talking about way after the film is over. They’ve got you trying to guess what is going to happen next. Starring Dennis Quaid ( The Rookie), Matthew Fox (Lost), Forrest Whitaker (Phonebooth) and William Hurt (The Village) along with a great cast make this movie about an assaination attempt on the President of the United States come to life. Quaid and Fox play secret service agents who are in Spain for the President’s (Hurt) anti-terrorism campaign. Whitaker plays an American who happens to catch most of the chaos that ensues on his video camera and tries to help bring the guilty parties to justice.

President Ashton (William Hurt) is attending a global war on terror summit in Spain. Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) are two of the Secret Service agents assigned to protect him. This is the first action that Agent Barnes has been in since he took a bullet for President Ashton six-month earlier. We really dont know if Agent Barnes is up to the challenge of protecting the President. Once at the podium, President Ashton is immediately shot twice by a rifle from a window and falls to the floor. The crowd is in shock and chaos breaks out all over, especially, when bombs begin to explode. Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) is an American video-taping the event to show to his children that he was actually there at this historic event. He believes that he has the picture of the man who shot the President. Agent Barnes sees the tape and has a clue to that person. Several different people witness the event, and only through their eyes do we see the truth behind the assassination attempt.

With all of the recaps of the same event over and over again Vantage Point kinda gets a little drawn out, but once the movie gets in gear you will see why all the points of view needed to be shown. This movie has great action and great twists, the only problem I have with it is that you can guess to shooter before he is revealed.

Vantage Point gets a 3.8 out of 5.

I would say if you have a hankering to see it on the big screen, then by all means see it. My advice is to wait BUY it on DVD and watch it on your big screen at home.