Vantage Point
2008 · Movie · PG-13 · 90 min · ★ 6.4 · 37% critics
At a high-profile anti-terrorism summit in Spain, a shocking attack throws a crowded public event into chaos. The same crucial minutes are revisited through multiple eyewitness perspectives, each adding new details and raising fresh questions as authorities race to understand what really happened.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-02-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (2,184 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast, puzzle-like action thriller that replays events from different viewpoints, with chases and constant reveals, in the vein of The Sentinel or White House Down; Not for you if repetition frustrates you.
Pros: clever multi-view mystery; high-energy action; engaging premise | Cons: repetitive structure; thin character depth; plot holes
Themes
- sniper
- spain
- usa president
- bomb
- media
- chaos
- kidnapping
- terrorism
- body double
- secret service
- summit
- multiple perspectives
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Cast & crew
Dennis Quaid
as Thomas Barnes
Matthew Fox
as Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker
as Howard Lewis
Sigourney Weaver
as Rex Brooks
William Hurt
as President Ashton
Ayelet Zurer
as Veronica
Edgar Ramírez
as Javier
Eduardo Noriega
as Enrique
Saïd Taghmaoui
as Suarez
Zoe Saldaña
as Angie Jones
Directed by Pete Travis