Vantage Point (Vantage Point (DVD))

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Product:	Vantage Point (DVD)
Date:	17/08/09 (9 review reads)
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Vantage point was a film that I had originally watched in the cinema when it was first released; however I have watched it again on DVD and thus have no reviewed it. The got a mixture of both positive and negative reviews, with some people suggesting it was a fresh new idea for a film, which kept you gripped on your seat from the start to the finish. I was actually a huge van of the film what really attracted me to this film was its plot, its concept and the cast which the film had. You can have a great plot to a film, but if you don't have a cast to make the film good then you may as well not watch it at all. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker and Sigourney Weaver. This great set of actors makes this film have the wow factor, regardless of if you do or don't know what the film is about. They have the appeal to bring in fans to watch the film, and this is watch actually attracted me to the film at first.

The plot revolves around the US presidents Henry Ashton's visit to Spain. He is there to take part in a global treaty that will help to reduce global terrorism. As the film opens we see Thomas Barnes, (Dennis), who is a secret service agent helping to protect the president. He had previously helped save the president from an assignation attempt, and has never fully recovered from the trauma of what he went through. He along with his friend and fellow agent Kent Taylor (Fox) are in Spain to help protect the president, Kent has asked to work with his friend Thomas as he still feels he is a great agent, regardless of his personal issues. As the films evolves, the president arrives at the place were is about to give his famous speech, Thomas then notices that something doesn't seem right, and in that instance, two shots are fired and the president of the United States is shot and injured. The scene then becomes a full out ciaos with the public running and screaming, it is up to Thomas and Kent to find the culprits, they soon notice that Howard Lewis (Forest), who seems to have recorded the events of the attack, via his personal video camera. In that same instance, the agents split up to look for the culprits, when a huge bomb exploded in the town centre.

The film now revolves around the main central characters, and how they saw the events that lead up to the attack and the bomb explosion, and thus showing their vantage point, which best shows the true scene of the attack. It is now up to Thomas to try and find the presidents attacker, however there is a huge twist in the film and the president soon gets kidnapped and the race is now on to find the culprits who seem to be liked to the attacks.

In my view this was a great film, it was fresh and the concept around the film was something that films do often, but with no great affect. However, this film delivered everything that it needed to, it had a great action plot, a great cast, a great story and sub setting and these were all twined together to create one fully comprehensive film. What really appealed to me about the film was the concept of THE VANTAGE POINT. When you watch the film, you soon realise that you get to see the different characters points of views, how they are connected to the attack, wither directly or indirectly, wand what they see, and how these little clips help to fit the puzzle around the attack. The film is exactly that a puzzle, with each character have a piece of that puzzle, the audience must watch each puzzle piece in order to find out who was behind the attacks.
The characters are great, with the two main characters being Thomas and Kent. Thomas character is very edgy; he has been part of an attack before and this one just brings back memories, however he is devoted to his job and wants to find the culprits, but the question is can he.

Overall a great film, it had everything that I wanted from a film, it was the sort of film that you could watch from start to finish, without being bored or getting lost halfway through. The film has a constant flow of action, which is throughout the whole film, and this is something that really appeals to me in a film. The concept was fresh and original and that's another bonus.

* Dennis Quaid..... Thomas Barnes
* Forest Whitaker..... Howard Lewis
* Matthew Fox..... Kent Taylor
* Sigourney Weaver..... Rex Brooks
* William Hurt..... President Ashton
Budget $40 million[1]

Gross revenue $162,676,504 (Worldwide)[

Directed by Pete Travis
Produced by Neal H. Moritz

Summary: Vantage Point...