Vantage Point

Cast:

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 is American TV news producer Rex Brooks, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe.
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.

Drama and Thriller, 1 hr. 30 min, PG 13

ATKBO Review

The US president is giving an appearance in Spain when he is shot at the podium and momentarily a bomb goes off in a nearby hotel. We find out that a threat had been confirmed from Morocco prior to his speech.
The film then shows five different vantage points/storylines involving the shooting and bombing interweaving characters throughout, which will show each scene and then run back to 11:59am before showing the next.
In each of these scenes we will find out a little bit more about each character in each of their situations until the final scene where we will see the moments all put together which will tie up loose ends and answer questions in a very blistering high octane climax that will leave you breathless.
The main characters and somewhat suspects are the presidents body guards, a tourist and news crew both filming the presidents speech and a couple fighting in the crowd.

Despite a quality cast, most are overshadowed by the storyline and also the way the cast time on screen is split up. Dennis Quaid, the films main character does provide us with a very good performance and does standout.
The feel and flow of the film is clearly the big winner, as we are drawn into every second of the film – clung to our seats as we start second guessing the outcome. The accolades for this are due to the director, Pete Travis who helps gives the film a fresh new twist in the genre.

ATKBO Ratings

• = A Bloody Classic!!!
• = Pretty Bloody Good!
• = Fair
• = Dumb
• = Bloody Awful