Vantage Point (2008)

Directed by

Pete Travis

Genre

action film, thriller film, crime film, political thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 2,211 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The president of the United States is shot while at a summit in Spain. The story unfolds through the eyes of several different people who witnessed the attack.

suspensefulfast-pacedtenseaction-packedpolitically chargedintricateurgent

What happens

Vantage Point is a 2008 American political action thriller film directed by Pete Travis and written by Barry L. Levy. The story focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States in Salamanca, Spain, as seen from the various vantage points of different characters. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver. The film is often compared unfavorably to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, which also employed storytelling through multiple perspectives. Rashomon used the multiple perspectives to question the possibility of truth, in a process called the Rashomon effect; in contrast, Vantage Point recounts a series of events which are re-enacted from several different perspectives and viewpoints to reveal a truthful account of what happened. Vantage Point also explores kidnapping, assassination and terrorism. The film was co-produced by Relativity Media, Original Film, and Art In Motion, and began filming in Mexico City on June 18, 2006. It premiered in Salamanca on February 13, 2008, and was released in theaters in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label on February 22. The film score, released by Varèse Sarabande on February 26, was composed by Atli Örvarsson. Vantage Point grossed $151 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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