Vantage Point (2008)

Director:

Pete Travis

Writer (WGA):

Barry Levy (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

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:

U.S. President | Person On Fire | Assassination | Assassination Of President | Multiple Perspectives

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Thomas Barnes
Matthew Fox	...	Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker	...	Howard Lewis
Bruce McGill	...	Phil McCullough
Edgar Ramirez	...	Javier
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
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 - 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:

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

Filming Locations:

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

There were talks between the studio and the Salamanca Film Commision to shoot the entire film in the Spanish city, but it was considered inviable after the local authorities refused to close the Plaza Mayor during nearly 3 months. As a result, the production was moved to the Mexican cities of Cuernavaca and Puebla. Only the scenes filmed from the air were shot in the real Salamanca.

Goofs:

Continuity: The President is loaded into the ambulance on the stretcher feet first - however, when he regains consciousness in the back of the ambulance his feet are nearest the rear doors.

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:

References Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Nice idea, Poorly put together.

I don't want to give this 1 star, I wanted to like it, but it failed on so many counts to be either impressive or clever it's all it deserves.

The story line could have actually said something, 24 hour media, terrorist threats, international cooperation, a US president doing something International - not unilateral. But it seemed to start an idea and then give up on it.

I enjoyed the back flipping of time, but the continuity was terrible and the plot holes were too big to be forgiven. I'll allow a certain amount of coincidence in a film. But to accept all that this film asks is too much.

Even the car chase, which was exciting and well shot, was horribly let down by the lack of continuity (damage and car badges, signs, models) If you don't want a European audience that's fine - but at least try to hide that it's mostly shot in Mexico. Do we shoot in Australia and claim it's the US? Finally. If i did forgive all of the above, and accept it as an action film with a few faults. The dialogue would still have been rock bottom. I've never heard the sound of a cinema audience's collective eyes rolling before.

I know i should have read reviews first. But I'm trying to make up for it by writing this one.