Vantage Point (2008)

Excellant

I rented this movie while on vacation and have ordered it to have at home. I will watch it with anyone that will watch it with me. I couldn't keep my eyes off it. You, actually can't take your eyes off or you might miss something. Very action filled and a most enjoyable movie. August 12, 2008

Good movie, keeps your attention, but.....

I felt that this movie kept my attention, and I liked the plot twists. After viewing, I started to think about Keifer Sutherlund and how he would be in this role. This it hit me...with Keifer in this movie, they could have just called it 24:The Movie. August 11, 2008

dragging movie

i bought the movie because my friend said he really liked it at the theater. I'm guessing he fell asleep through half of it. Its extremely dragging, they tried to put a lot of twists, but they just turned out to be really lame. Watching the same video eight different times (except for a little difference at the end) has never been a style in playing movies, simply because its annoying and it sucks. August 10, 2008

Wonderful whodunit

Vantage Point

As one of my kids put it, it's rare to find an exciting movie where all of the bad guys get what's coming to them and all of the good guys make it to the end. This is one of those rare movies.

U.S. President Ashton is attending an antiterrorist summit meeting in Spain. Minutes before he is to appear and shake the hand of the Spanish President, a terrorist threat is confirmed. And his double is sent in his place. The pretend president is shot twice and a bomb goes off in the building where he was standing, killing hundreds. From there on, you see the film from six different viewpoints, flashing back in time to noon and then going forward 23 minutes.

First you see the viewpoint of the GNN (like CNN) news crews. Then one of the secret service agents (Dennis Quaid). Then through the eyes of a Spanish cop who is betrayed by his girlfriend, who is one of the terrorists. Then an American tourist (Forrest Whitaker) who videotapes practically everything. Then through the President's (John Hurt) eyes. And finally through the terrorists' viewpoints. If you can get past the camerawork, which will give you a headache after awhile, the movie is very suspenseful and has a lot of twists and turns. Also very informative as to how secret service protects the President and how terrorists really operate.
August 10, 2008

VANTAGE POINT

The item was received in good condition. Delivery took an average delivery time frame. Packages well wrapped and packaged. Now a very brief, non-spoiling review of the movie. This is a pretty good movie. If you like the whole Secret Service type of genre; you will like this movie. Beware, the movie does the whole jumping back and forth thing during certain scenes; in an attempt to apply dramatization. Although this tends to bother me personally, it is still a pretty decent plot. I think they could have done slightly better with the movie if they didn't jump so much. All in all, it was pretty good. The Cast is great. A lot of familiar and favorite actors/actresses in this one. If you want to keep up with similar movies within the same genre; try out Shooter, or The Sentinel, both are pretty good too. Enjoy! August 9, 2008

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