Vantage Point (DVD)

Vantage Point is the 2008 film from director Pete Travis. Its initial attraction is that the same scene is filmed 8 different times from 8 different perspectives. The Plot Set in a square in Spain, this follows the attempted assassination of the President of the United States by terrorists at a peaceful unifying meeting. We see the events unfurling from the points of view of the newscaster, the bodyguards, the President, a tourist with a video camera, and the terrorists. Bodyguard Thomas Barnes is the agent rushing around trying to find out what happened in a short space of time, and with each event, he finds himself closer to the truth, and to the ...

Before I start this review, I just want to make it clear that I will not be going into detail where the plot is concerned because that would almost certainly ruin the viewing experience for anyone who has yet to see this film. The element of surprise is important. The film focuses on a visit by the American president to a terrorist summit in Salamanca, Spain (although the action was actually filmed in Mexico) after a number of high profile attacks in the country. Tension is high, and there are a high number of protesters amongst the crowds leading to the venue of the meeting. As normal, security around the president is extremely high and organised to the ...

With the President of America attending an International terrorist summit in Spain, security is very tight. That doesn't, however, stop a group of terrorists from assassinating the President while he is speaking at the summit. The assassination and resulting events are told from 8 different perspectives as the story unfolds to the viewer. With each change of perspective we find out more clues and facts about the assassination and with each one there is also another little twist or turn that certainly wasn't expected. I'd heard a few promising things before I actually went to see this, but I have to say nothing quite prepared me for how good this film actually ...