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Vantage Point

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
156K
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Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Stuart Baird, James Le Gros, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, and Zoe Saldaña in Vantage Point (2008)
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Political ThrillerActionDramaThriller

The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

  • Director
    • Pete Travis
  • Writer
    • Barry L. Levy
  • Stars
    • Dennis Quaid
    • Forest Whitaker
    • Matthew Fox
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    156K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Pete Travis
    • Writer
      • Barry L. Levy
    • Stars
      • Dennis Quaid
      • Forest Whitaker
      • Matthew Fox
    • 482User reviews
    • 232Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Dennis Quaid
    Dennis Quaid
    • Thomas Barnes
    Forest Whitaker
    Forest Whitaker
    • Howard Lewis
    Matthew Fox
    Matthew Fox
    • Kent Taylor
    Bruce McGill
    Bruce McGill
    • Phil McCullough
    Edgar Ramírez
    Edgar Ramírez
    • Javier
    • (as Edgar Ramirez)
    Saïd Taghmaoui
    Saïd Taghmaoui
    • Suarez
    Ayelet Zurer
    Ayelet Zurer
    • Veronica
    Zoe Saldaña
    Zoe Saldaña
    • Angie Jones
    • (as Zoë Saldana)
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    • Rex Brooks
    William Hurt
    William Hurt
    • President Ashton
    James Le Gros
    James Le Gros
    • Ted Heinkin
    Eduardo Noriega
    Eduardo Noriega
    • Enrique
    Richard T. Jones
    Richard T. Jones
    • Holden
    Holt McCallany
    Holt McCallany
    • Ron Matthews
    Leonardo Nam
    Leonardo Nam
    • Kevin Cross
    Dolores Heredia
    Dolores Heredia
    • Marie
    Alicia Jaziz
    • Anna
    • (as Alicia Jaziz Zapien)
    Justin Sundquist
    • Parsons
    • Director
      • Pete Travis
    • Writer
      • Barry L. Levy
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Goofs
      When the blue Astra crashes between two parked cars, and when it crashes into the truck, it's going fast enough that the front and side airbags should have deployed.
    • Quotes

      Luis: Is everything going to plan?

      Suarez: To the last detail.

      Luis: And the President? Are you sure they sent a double?

      Suarez: The beauty of American arrogance is that they can't imagine a world where they're not a step ahead.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Jumper/Step Up 2 the Streets/The Spiderwick Chronicles/Definitely, Maybe/Bordertown/I Could Never Be Your Woman (2008)

    User reviews482

    Featured review
    6/10

    The all-seeing eye

    As the Bourne series raises the bar for action films, and audiences balk at two-plus hour runtimes, the filmmakers of Vantage Point seem like they are trying to bring a fresh, new, unconventional take on the action/thriller genre. Though it may annoy some people, I felt the new take turns Vantage Point into a taut terrorist thriller.

    The new take or approach is jumping right into the moment (everything is already planned out, people and weapons in place, etc.) of the action and then telling it from eight different points of view. This is where some people may be mildly irritated because after you see one point of view everything is suddenly rewound and shown from the next person's point of view (this is done six times) before they all converge into a thrilling finale filled with one massive adrenaline-fuelled car/chase sequence.

    Because of the complex twists and turns of the plot and characters I will be brief, very brief actually, on the plot. It starts with a TV network covering a large gathering of leaders from all over the world (including the President of the United States) who have come together to form an alliance against the war on terror. At the beginning of this meeting the US president is assassinated as he takes the stage, and it begins replaying the assassination through all the different points of view. The editing must be commended in this film as it blends all the points of views so sophisticatedly you cannot help being engrossed, and the star-studded cast includes Dennis Quaid, Mathew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, and Sigourney Weaver simply adds to everything.

    In the theater I was watching some people called out their annoyance of "again?!" on the fifth rewind, which I find amusing as the filmmakers are simply trying to come up with something new in these sequel-ridden times. And probably as those same people say Hollywood is "out of ideas" they get angry when it tries something "different" and would rather go spend their money on Spider-man 8.

    I felt Vantage Point was an intelligent thriller, and yes it had its' share of implausible plot points, but these were minor as the new technique makes you feel like you have an all-seeing surveillance system. I kind of felt like I was putting a puzzle together, piece by piece, and as you see a new point of view it adds more to the story and just when you think you have it figured out it changes again.
    • phantomtristan
    • Feb 21, 2008
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Mexico
      • Spain
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Điểm Mấu Chốt
    • Filming locations
      • Puebla, Puebla, Mexico(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Original Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $72,266,306
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $22,874,936
      • Feb 24, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $152,039,882
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1
      • 2.39 : 1

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