Vantage Point (2008)

Director:

Pete Travis

Writer (WGA):

Barry Levy (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.

Plot:

The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

Plot Keywords:

President | Secret Service | Time | Salamanca Spain | Camera

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Thomas Barnes
Matthew Fox	...	Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker	...	Howard Lewis
Bruce McGill	...	Phil McCullough
Édgar Ramírez	...	Javier (as Edgar Ramirez)
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Suarez
Ayelet Zurer	...	Veronica
Zoe Saldana	...	Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana)
Sigourney Weaver	...	Rex Brooks
William Hurt	...	President Ashton
James LeGros	...	Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros)
Eduardo Noriega	...	Enrique
Richard T. Jones	...	Holden
Holt McCallany	...	Ron Matthews
Leonardo Nam	...	Kevin Cross

Also Known As:

Angles d'attaque (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Úhel pohledu (Czech Republic) [cs]
8 Blickwinkel (Germany) [de]
Bakis açisi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Bantêji pointo (Japan) [ja]
En el punto de mira (Spain) [es]
Justo En La Mira (Venezuela) [es]
Justo en la mira (Mexico) [es]
Nyolc tanú (Hungary) [hu]
Ponto de Vista (Brazil) [pt]
Prospettive di un delitto (Italy) [it]
Puntos de vista (Argentina) [es]
Simeio yperohis (Greece) [el]
Utsatt läge (Sweden) [sv]
Vaatenurk (Estonia) [et]
Vantage Point - Prospettive di un delitto (Italy) (video title) [it]
Vantage Point - askeleen edellä (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Norway:15 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42768) | Ireland:12A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | Malta:12 | Greece:K-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:14 | Peru:14 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Sigourney Weaver's second film about an Executive level cover-up between a stand-in and "real" president, whose life is in peril. The first being Dave (1993)._

Goofs:

Continuity: When Barnes is trying to communicate with the Secret Service Command Post, he is shown speaking into his left hand, which should have a radio PTT palm microphone. In close-ups, it is clear that there is nothing in his hand.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mark Reinhart: Good morning, America. It's now 12 noon in Salamanca, Spain. In a short time, world leaders from over 150 countries meet here in Plaza Mayor to sign up to President Ashton's bold new counterterrorist strategy. Since 9/11, more than 4500 people have been killed in the rising tide of global terror...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-02-23)" (2008)

For people who like thrillers, action and car chases

I was lucky enough to watch it during an event of a company I work for. I really enjoyed this movie, because of it's editing, wonderful actors and full packed action.

The movie tells the same story from 8 different persepectives, most of them from a character view, makes the puzzle clear till the end. Some puzzle parts can be guessed but this makes the movie so fun to watch.

Matthew fox acting could be better, but the others are convincing. Cheers to Ayelet Zorer, an Israeli actress who surprises again with her beauty and acting.

If you like thriller, action and car chases all in same movie then this movie is for you.