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==Plot==
==Plot==
This movie had no recognizable plot and can be summed up in three words: Terrorists are bad!
The film is set in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]], where President of the United States Ashton ([[William Hurt]]) is holding an anti-terrorism summit. Over a twenty three minute period, an assassination attempt on the President unfolds. The film loops through this twenty three minute period over and over, each time from the perspective of a different participant, adding a new piece to the larger puzzle with each loop.


A movie-goer described this movie flawlessly, "Monotony, thy name is Vantage Point."
The first perspective is that of the GNN crew, being coordinated from their van. TV news producer Rex Brooks ([[Sigourney Weaver]]) directs the various cameramen and news anchors as the President arrives. Just as the mayor of Salamanca finishes his speech and the President steps up to the podium, he is shot twice. An explosion in the distance follows, and a few minutes later the podium is destroyed by another explosion. Their perspective ends as their news anchor lies dead in front of the camera.

The second perspective is that of Secret Service agents Thomas Barnes ([[Dennis Quaid]]) and Kent Taylor ([[Matthew Fox (actor)|Matthew Fox]]). Just before the assassination attempt, Barnes believes he has seen the shooter, which Taylor opts to chase. Once the podium is destroyed, Barnes catches sight of a fleeing GNN cameraman, and heads for their van to get a better idea of what happened. His perspective ends when he catches sight of something on one of the monitors.

This is followed by the perspective of Enrique ([[Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)|Eduardo Noriega]]), a police officer assigned to guard the mayor. He inadvertently makes himself a suspect when he catches onto a conspiracy which his girlfriend is involved in. Hearing about a meeting under a nearby underpass, he evades the Secret Service to drop in on it. His scene ends as he confronts someone at the underpass.

The next perspective is that of Howard Lewis ([[Forest Whitaker]]), an American tourist who thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his family back home. As such, he believes it's his duty to aid the police. He also gets tied up helping a young girl who has lost her mother. He follows Enrique with his camera, arriving in time to see him shot repeatedly, apparently by Secret Service agents. Another policeman is seen leaning over his body following that. Lewis is distracted when the girl he was looking after wanders into the path of an ambulance, and his scene ends as he runs to save her.

The scene moves to the perspective of President Ashton. Having been informed of the potential assassination attempt, he is waiting at a hotel while his double does the speech. The explosion in the distance heard before is revealed to be at his hotel, and a masked assailant kills his guards. His scene ends here.

The final perspective is that of the terrorists orchestrating the attack. The assassination attempt on the double is revealed to be an elaborate ruse, done by remote with an automated gun. Taylor is revealed to be in on the attack, hence Barnes's earlier surprise, and has traded his clothes for a police uniform. Meanwhile, Javier ([[Edgar Ramirez]]), the shooter confronting Ashton, leads Ashton to the elevator, where he is knocked unconscious and quietly loaded onto an ambulance. Javier joins Taylor, with both followed by Barnes.

At the underpass, Enrique confronts Javier and Taylor, only to be shot by pursuing secret service agents. Javier is in turn shot by Barnes, and Taylor crashes his car while attempting to escape. Barnes arrives in a few minutes before Taylor dies. At the same time, Ashton awakes in the ambulance and tries to take out his captors, distracting them as a little girl walks in front of the car. The driver swerves and flips the ambulance just as Lewis gets the girl out of harms way. Ashton is rescued by Barnes.

This elaborate plot is never revealed to the media, who are told that a lone gunman was shot and killed.


==Production==
==Production==

Revision as of 18:21, 4 March 2008

Vantage Point
Promotional film poster
Directed byPete Travis
Written byBarry Levy
Produced byTania Landau
Ricardo Del Río
StarringDennis Quaid
Matthew Fox
Forest Whitaker
Sigourney Weaver
William Hurt
Edgar Ramirez
Ayelet Zurer
CinematographyAmir M. Mokri
Edited byStuart Baird
Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release dates
US 22 February 2008
UK 7 March, 2008
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Vantage Point is a 2008 thriller film, written by Barry Levy and directed by Pete Travis. It stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt. It was released on February 22, 2008. The film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images, and brief strong language.

Plot

This movie had no recognizable plot and can be summed up in three words: Terrorists are bad!

A movie-goer described this movie flawlessly, "Monotony, thy name is Vantage Point."

Production

With an initial planned release date of February 15, 2008, filming began June 18, 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

In an interview on the February 19, 2008 episode of Good Morning America, Dennis Quaid described the film as a Rashomon, a reference to the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon that pioneered this method of film-making.

Cast

(The eight points of view in bold text)[2]

  • Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes: Veteran member of the POTUS Secret Service security detail during the summit. Previously took a bullet for the President.
  • Matthew Fox as Kent Taylor: Secret Service agent on his first mission as part of the POTUS security detail during the summit and Barnes' partner. It is revealed that he is working for the terrorists as well.
  • Forest Whitaker as Howard Lewis: American businessman on vacation in Spain. He is touring Spain and happens to be at the summit.
  • Sigourney Weaver as Rex Brooks: Producer of the Global News Network news team that is covering the summit.
  • William Hurt as President Ashton and his body double.
  • Edgar Ramirez as Javier: Former special forces soldier who was coerced into assisting the terrorists, dies after being shot by 2 secret service agents.
  • Ayelet Zurer as Veronica: Terrorist masquerading as a local paramedic; Enrique's girlfriend.
  • Zoë Saldaña as Angie Jones: News reporter covering the summit as part of the Global News dies when the second bomb goes off. Network news team.[3]
  • Eduardo Noriega as Enrique: Undercover policeman deceived by Veronica and Suarez; dies after being shot multiple times by Javier.
  • Saïd Taghmaoui as "Sam" / Suarez: Terrorist leading the assassination attempt on the President.
  • Richard T. Jones as Holden: Member of the POTUS Secret Service security detail during the summit.
  • Alicia Zapien as Anna (girl caught in the middle of the terrorist attack) and Dolores Heredia as her mother.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of February 29, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 35% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 90 reviews.[4] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 40 out of 100, based on 31 reviews.

Box office performance

In its opening weekend, the film grossed $22.8 million in 3,149 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #1 at the box office.[5]. However, since Semi-Pro has been released, it has fallen to #2 at the box office, grossing $12 million in its second week.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vantage Point". Variety.
  2. ^ "Vantage Point Official Movie Site".
  3. ^ "Yahoo".
  4. ^ "Vantage Point - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  5. ^ "Vantage Point (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-02-25.

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