Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce McGill, Edgar RamirezDirector: Pete Travis
Studio: Sony Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release: July 1st 2008
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DVD Review
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness the reality of the assassination takes shape. But just when you think you know the answer the shattering final truth is revealed. VANTAGE POINT is a mindbending political action-thriller starring Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox Academy AwardŽ Winner Forest Whitaker (Best Actor 2006 The Last King of Scotland) with Sigourney Weaver and Academy AwardŽ winner William Hurt (Best Actor 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman).System Requirements:Running Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396216167 Manufacturer No: 21616
User Reviews
Coign of Vantage - Rating: 4/5
Fete of Death
I rather liked the thriller "Vantage Point." The repetition of the movie's story from the different points of view of the main characters affords the movie a nightmarish quality. It's like you have to keep reliving a nightmare over and over making it that much more hellish, the tension mounting with each reliving. You feel trapped with no escape. You know what's going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it. The strands of the plot come together plausibly when the ambulance careens toward the little girl on the street, and in the ensuing violence and car crashes the story is resolved satisfactorily.
Highly contrived, inconsistent, uninvolving - Rating: 2/5
What one expects from such a movie is that some events are initially misinterpreted and that others assume increasing significance. However, here the inconsistencies, illogic and absurdities pile up at an annoying pace (see other reviews for examples). This prevented me from having any investment in the story.
The underlying sequence of events is not that substantial (in addition to painfully contrived). Consequently, the different vantage points have a disproportionate amount of repetition relative to the new information that is layered on. My reaction at the end was "Is that all there was?"
Excellant - Rating: 5/5
I rented this movie while on vacation and have ordered it to have at home. I will watch it with anyone that will watch it with me. I couldn't keep my eyes off it. You, actually can't take your eyes off or you might miss something. Very action filled and a most enjoyable movie.
Good movie, keeps your attention, but..... - Rating: 4/5
I felt that this movie kept my attention, and I liked the plot twists. After viewing, I started to think about Keifer Sutherlund and how he would be in this role. This it hit me...with Keifer in this movie, they could have just called it 24:The Movie.
dragging movie - Rating: 2/5
i bought the movie because my friend said he really liked it at the theater. I'm guessing he fell asleep through half of it. Its extremely dragging, they tried to put a lot of twists, but they just turned out to be really lame. Watching the same video eight different times (except for a little difference at the end) has never been a style in playing movies, simply because its annoying and it sucks.
