Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Vantage Point
It’s “Shooter” meets “The Kingdom” meets “Groundhog Day” meets “The Italian Job” as the U.S. President (William Hurt) visits Spain to declare war on terrorists and then all hell breaks out when the President is attacked. Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox are secret service agents, Sigourney Weaver is a TV news producer, and Forrest Whitaker is a tourist, but it hardly matters because there are so many characters floating around that all of the roles seem like supporting characters. The plot is somewhat predictable as the pieces of the puzzle start to unfold. The dialogue is cheesy at times. How the plot lines converge at the end is unbelievable. This 90 minute film probably uses only 60 minutes of actual footages because the clock rewinds back to noon about 7 or 8 times giving us another view of sometime we saw before. The highlight is an intense and incredible car chase scene, so buckle up and hang on tight. No steady cam here so load up on the Dramamine.
Alien gives it 2 “Roshomon Effect” stars out of 4.
It’s “Shooter” meets “The Kingdom” meets “Groundhog Day” meets “The Italian Job” as the U.S. President (William Hurt) visits Spain to declare war on terrorists and then all hell breaks out when the President is attacked. Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox are secret service agents, Sigourney Weaver is a TV news producer, and Forrest Whitaker is a tourist, but it hardly matters because there are so many characters floating around that all of the roles seem like supporting characters. The plot is somewhat predictable as the pieces of the puzzle start to unfold. The dialogue is cheesy at times. How the plot lines converge at the end is unbelievable. This 90 minute film probably uses only 60 minutes of actual footages because the clock rewinds back to noon about 7 or 8 times giving us another view of sometime we saw before. The highlight is an intense and incredible car chase scene, so buckle up and hang on tight. No steady cam here so load up on the Dramamine.
Alien gives it 2 “Roshomon Effect” stars out of 4.
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