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Synopsis: Seen from seven different perspectives, the President of the United States - who's really a body double of the prez - is shot during a speech in Madrid, while the real President (in a nearby hotel) is kidnapped by terrorists. Figuring out the terrorists' diversionary tactics and stunned by the betrayal of a fellow American agent, a skittish but brave Secret Service Agent tracks the terrorist l...

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox

Supporting actors: Forest Whitaker, Edgar Ramirez, Ayelet Zurer, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt

Directed by: Pete Travis

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes

Release year: 2008

Studio: Columbia Pictures

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MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language

ASIN: B001DIZPXA (Rental) and B001AF5UQS (Purchase)

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Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)

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Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition) DVD ~ Dennis Quaid

3.5 out of 5 stars (166) $8.92

Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: Feburary 22, 2008
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language
Production Company: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Original Film, Art In Motion
Filming Locations: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | Hotel Vesta, Santa Fe, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Groundhog Day on Steroids!!!!, July 23, 2008

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Raider Jack "Jackie D Gray-Romeyn" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition) (DVD)

Vantage Point is an ingenious action thriller surrounding the attempted assasination of the U.S. President attending an international conference in Spain. The movie is actually 'about" 15 minutes but is seen from the "vantage point' (sorry) of about six different people. Each perspective presents a tad more about the swirling espionage associated with the conference until you realize that nothing is what you thought it was (AT ALL) in the beginning.

Perhaps I am not sophisticated enough to dwell on the supposed GLARING shortcomings of the film. I suspect some "critics" are conditioned/programmed to be oh so discerning that they can't see the forest for the trees - this was a thrilling, action-packed, and rather clever way of looking at an intense incident and is an excellent example of the age-old adage that truth is relative. Six people can look at exactly the same thing and see six different things.

Fun movie. Great action flick. I indeed recommend.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, unfulfilled, August 1, 2008

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What a conderful concept - the same situation from several 'vantage points'. Dennis Quaid is fun to watch put the pieces together, leaving you hanging in-between changing 'vantage points'. An overdone chase scene adds action someone must have felt was needed. In spite of that, this is entertaining and keeps you pondering (if not wondering) what the next scene will bring.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Confusion and Terror from Multiple Vantages, July 2, 2008

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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The story line of VANTAGE POINT is a brief one: a summit meeting on terrorism aimed at addressing the differences between the Arab world and the Western world is taking place in Salamanca, Spain and the arrival of the President of the United States is greeted with assassination attempts, terrorist explosions, and car chases. The difference in this thriller from the many others of the same genre is the use of telling the story from at least five different vantage points - the news reporters (Sigourney Weaver, Zo� Saldana and Staff), the CIA (Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, et al with William Hurt as the President), a group of terrorists, an American bystander with camera (Forest Whitaker), and the viewing public. Things are not as they initially seem and the more times the story is rerun through repetition of the incident, the more information is added.

Based on a story by Barry Levy and directed by Pete Travis the film could become tiresome in its use of repeated reruns, but given the quality of the cast and the twists and turns as the 'plot' is further elucidated makes the story more of an investigation of Intelligence forces from all involved countries and drives home the reason 'terrorism' is so terrifying. Some of the peripheral cast members are particularly fine - Bruce McGill, Edgar Ramirez, Sa�d Taghmaoui, Ayelet Zurer, and Eduardo Noriega among others. It is a film that takes patience on the part of the viewer, but staying with it until the end results in some very fine entertainment. Grady Harp, July 08

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