Vantage Point (2008)

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker

Director: Pete Travis

Genre: thriller, drama, action

Vantage Point really didn't have any redeeming qualities. It really
failed on all fronts, none of the technical aspects were especially
good (but, to be fair, not especially bad either), and the story was so
mottled it just got annoying. The concept was kind of interesting, and
I guess executed well but without a solid plot to begin with it doesn't
really matter. The acting was alright, it wasn't terrible but wasn't
anything Oscar worthy either. The thing that got me with this movie was
how the plot dragged on…and on…and on. For a thriller that is
supposed to be action packed and only an hour and twenty minutes long,
I was actually dumbfounded at how bored I was only half an hour in, and
how painful the idea of another hour of this nonsense was to me. The
plot is pretty basic, the President is shot and people have to find out
who shot him and why. If you've seen any movie like this before (and
don't let the concept of the film throw you, it is just another
political thriller like the Bourne movies) you can pretty much figure
out what's going to happen before it does or won't be surprised at
anything that happens. The problem with the 8 viewpoints concept is
that instead of adding to the scope of the film, it really limits it.
You see the same events happen 8 times, and by the third time I was
sick of it. The fact that the film conveniently decides to start over
right before a plot twist is revealed just tells me that it didn't have
much of a plot to begin with, along with the fact that a rather large
twist regarding the president is revealed IN EVERY SINGLE TRAILER FOR
THE FILM. This movie is garbage, I would have been happy with a basic
thriller with a concept and it couldn't even manage to deliver that. If
you want to see a good film with this concept, see Akira Kurosawa's
Rashomon, not this o…

Trailer Vantage Point