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Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396216167
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 01, 2008
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 1958
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 2008
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Product Description:
As the president arrives in salamanca gunshots ring out. An american tourist has captured footage of te would-be assassin on videotape & now as the stories of the other four witnesses unfold each piece of the puzzle falls into place. Only when all the stories are told will the shocking truth finally emerge. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/23/2008 Starring: Forest Whitaker William Hurt Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Vantage Point, which aspires to be a cunningly twisted thriller, comes equipped with plenty of hurtling action, handheld camerawork, what-was-that? editing, and a plot that has multiple, contradictory agendas writhing like a nest of snakes. It's all set a-boil within a few blocks of a town square in Spain where a U.S. President is targeted for assassination. Although the movie lasts 90 minutes, the events it depicts are mostly over with in a quarter-hour or so--but seen, rewound, and reseen from half a dozen different (you guessed it) vantage points. The first line in the credits reads "Original Film," apparently the name of the production company. "Gimmick Movie" would be more accurate; the opening reel, effectively jolting, affords an initial overview of the events through the eyes, lenses, monitors, and dueling sensibilities of a TV news producer (Sigourney Weaver), her activist-minded reporter (Zoe Saldana) and crew. Everybody’s in Salamanca (actually, Mexico City) for the start of an international conference to reaffirm Arab-Western commitment to the fight against terrorism. Terrorism, of course, sees this as an ideal moment to break out. As gunshots and explosions reduce everything to chaos, the clock is reset to zero and we proceed to revisit the scene as experienced by several Secret Service agents (namely Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox), an American tourist with camcorder (Forest Whitaker), sundry locals--including three who may be caught up in a love triangle or a conspiracy or both--and even the President himself (William Hurt).
For a while, this is mildly diverting: that guy, or that gesture, so sinister when glimpsed across the plaza in one run-through, now appears harmless in close-up--or vice versa. But there's no real ambiguity (so stop with the careless comparisons to Kurosawa's Rashomon)--this is a shell game in which the peas aren't worth tracking. Despite decent actors, the characters might as well be holograms (although poor Forest Whitaker is saddled with "motivation" of surpassing sappiness), and the casting telegraphs several twists: one redoubtable good guy practically gives a wink-wink, nudge-nudge that he's really bad, etc. The movie declines to specify which nutjob philosophy the terrorists espouse, and their numbers are multi-ethnic. There's also a laborious suggestion that they have bloodthirsty, reactionary counterparts among the President's inner circle, which perhaps qualifies as redeeming socio-political comment and prompts a meaningless declaration of deep meaning from the Prez. The whole megilleh finally comes down to an extended car chase through impassably claustrophobic streets that would mark a lurch into unintentional self-parody--if only that point hadn't been passed a couple of rewinds earlier. --Richard T. Jameson
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- Fantastic Story-WeavingIf you like a tightly-woven, well-thought-out story, this movie is for you. It presents an incident from several points of view - from people whom you, as the viewer, come to care for in very short order. The plot progresses by going backwards: repeating a 23 minute sequence several times in a row from different perspectives. I only wish most books I read were this well put-together.
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- Vantage Point reviewDespite the fact that I just gave this movie 3 starts, I actually was a little bit disappointed after seeing it. I guess that I just honestly thought that it was going to be just a little bit better. But still, overall it was a pretty good movie, and I really enjoyed watching it, and even bought it! I would definately have to say that the best part of the movie was the incredible choices of actors they used, this was the whole reason that I watched it in the beginning. So as stated above, I would ... Read More
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- Exciting Multifaceted Thrill RideVantage Point is a thrilling movie. Although there are some points that leave you wondering and seem a little campy, the movie overall has a unique twist to it.
You are seeing from about six different vantage points or points of view what was happening in an assassination attempt on the US president in Spain. He is there for an anti-terrorist conference with over 100 nations present both east and west. What is interesting about this way of doing the movie is that you get a lot of ... Read More
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- eh, not that greatI don't think that this is a great movie. Sure, there's some decent stuff here, but nothing special. The first half hour becomes attention-grabbng, but the rest of the movie just fails to impress with its plot twists and action. I already knew the plot twist before it happened (looks like I've been watching too much "24"). The car chase is way too unrealistic, and the sappy ending ruins the movie. The actors do splendid jobs, however. Quaid, Whitaker, and Weaver have never been better.
I'd ... Read More
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- Vantage PointGood who done it movie. Goes a little fast so you have to pay attention. Good cast of actors.
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