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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Barry Levy (written by)
Release Date:
22 February 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth. more
Plot:
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(134 articles)
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User Comments:
a gimmick film that delivers what it promises. more (388 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Quaid | ... | Thomas Barnes |
 | Matthew Fox | ... | Kent Taylor |
 | Forest Whitaker | ... | Howard Lewis |
 | Bruce McGill | ... | Phil McCullough |
 | Édgar Ramírez | ... | Javier (as Edgar Ramirez) |
| Saïd Taghmaoui | ... | Suarez |
 | Ayelet Zurer | ... | Veronica |
 | Zoe Saldana | ... | Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana) |
 | Sigourney Weaver | ... | Rex Brooks |
 | William Hurt | ... | President Ashton |
 | James LeGros | ... | Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros) |
 | Eduardo Noriega | ... | Enrique |
 | Richard T. Jones | ... | Holden |
 | Holt McCallany | ... | Ron Matthews |
| Leonardo Nam | ... | Kevin Cross |
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Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.
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Runtime:
90 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Norway:15 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42768) | Ireland:12A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | Malta:12 | Greece:K-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:14 | Peru:14 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:M
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In the original script, the tourist was a Russian named Lewicki. When Forest Whitaker auditioned for a different role, Pete Travis was so impressed that he rewrote the tourist as an American and offered the role to him. more
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Continuity: During the chase scenes several cars keep re-appearing. For example a red Peugeot 306 sedan, a white Nissan Platina (which is not sold in Europe), and an orange Opel Corsa. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mark Reinhart:
Good morning, America. It's now 12 noon in Salamanca, Spain. In a short time, world leaders from over 150 countries meet here in Plaza Mayor to sign up to President Ashton's bold new counterterrorist strategy. Since 9/11, more than 4500 people have been killed in the rising tide of global terror...
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Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#8.30)" (2009) more
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What can I say? This film is a gimmick film that relates the same event through the eyes of eight different characters that each hold a piece of the puzzle. The film stops and rewinds back to 20 minutes before the event for each character. It gets a little annoying because each time it stops, the audience is left on a cliffhanger which carries the film's tension into the next character.
As for what the film promises, it promises a good puzzle, suspense and intense action. It delivers on all accounts. This plot has twists and turns and is completely logical. Half way through this movie, if you think you got it all figured out, you haven't got a clue.
The action is fairly balanced through out the film and keeps the film moving. The car chase in this film is one of the better ones I have seen in a long long time. It had some shots in it that I think were a small homage of the original The Italian Job (1969) car chase scene.
Even though I personally thought that some of the characters were paper thin, many of the actors gave strong performances that made the characters believable. Forest Whitaker was the best. I had a little problem with Dennis Quaid's character, Secret Service Agent Thomas Barnes, starting out as the thinnest of all the characters but he grows in the film. Of course, Edgar Ramirez, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Eduardo Noriega were right on and make the film (but not as much as Whitaker).
The premise of this film makes a refreshing change from the ordinary style of mainstream movies.