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Alejandro De La Pena,
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Bernardo Bucio,
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Pete Travis,
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: Sony Pictures
: Suspense/Thriller, Political Thriller
: 90 min.
: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Thai
: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, Thai
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Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, and Matthew Fox star in director Pete Travis' Rashomon-style thriller in which an assassination attempt on the president of the United States is detailed from five unique perspectives. As the president arrives in Salamanca, gunshots ring out. An American tourist (Whitaker) has captured footage of the would-be assassin on videotape, and now, as the stories of the other four witnesses unfold, each essential piece of the puzzle quickly falls into place. Only when all of the stories are told will the chilling truth to this shocking crime finally emerge. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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| The delight of watching film roll in reverse
by talltale
July 2, 2008 - 7:07 AM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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For everything fun about VANTAGE POINT, there's something that ain't--starting with the repetition of the film moving backward at high speed to indicate that we are going back in time. Once was fun, twice is too much (particularly when we are simultaneously told each time the precise hour and minute of the day). By the fifth or sixth recap done in this same style, intelligent viewers will be pulling out their hair.
However, the ensemble cast is starry, adept and peppered with talented foreigners like Eduardo Noriega and Said Taghmaoui. The screenplay is passable and the direction speedy, so that the film comes in at just 90 minutes--including the credit roll. All in all, a typical American mainstream time-waster that's blessedly shorter than most. |
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