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Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Pete Travis
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce Mcgill, Edgar Ramirez
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.96
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Rating:  97 reviews
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), Cantonese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 21616
UPC: 043396216167
EAN: 0043396216167
ASIN: B0012QCZ5O
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 2008
Release Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness the reality of the assassination takes shape. But just when you think you know the answer the shattering final truth is revealed. VANTAGE POINT is a mindbending political action-thriller starring Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker (Best Actor 2006 The Last King of Scotland) with Sigourney Weaver and Academy Award winner William Hurt (Best Actor 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman).System Requirements:Running Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396216167 Manufacturer No: 21616
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Vantage Point, which aspires to be a cunningly twisted thriller, comes equipped with plenty of hurtling action, handheld camerawork, what-was-that? editing, and a plot that has multiple, contradictory agendas writhing like a nest of snakes. It's all set a-boil within a few blocks of a town square in Spain where a U.S. President is targeted for assassination. Although the movie lasts 90 minutes, the events it depicts are mostly over with in a quarter-hour or so--but seen, rewound, and reseen from half a dozen different (you guessed it) vantage points. The first line in the credits reads "Original Film," apparently the name of the production company. "Gimmick Movie" would be more accurate; the opening reel, effectively jolting, affords an initial overview of the events through the eyes, lenses, monitors, and dueling sensibilities of a TV news producer (Sigourney Weaver), her activist-minded reporter (Zoe Saldana) and crew. Everybody's in Salamanca (actually, Mexico City) for the start of an international conference to reaffirm Arab-Western commitment to the fight against terrorism. Terrorism, of course, sees this as an ideal moment to break out. As gunshots and explosions reduce everything to chaos, the clock is reset to zero and we proceed to revisit the scene as experienced by several Secret Service agents (namely Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox), an American tourist with camcorder (Forest Whitaker), sundry locals--including three who may be caught up in a love triangle or a conspiracy or both--and even the President himself (William Hurt).
For a while, this is mildly diverting: that guy, or that gesture, so sinister when glimpsed across the plaza in one run-through, now appears harmless in close-up--or vice versa. But there's no real ambiguity (so stop with the careless comparisons to Kurosawa's Rashomon)--this is a shell game in which the peas aren't worth tracking. Despite decent actors, the characters might as well be holograms (although poor Forest Whitaker is saddled with "motivation" of surpassing sappiness), and the casting telegraphs several twists: one redoubtable good guy practically gives a wink-wink, nudge-nudge that he's really bad, etc. The movie declines to specify which nutjob philosophy the terrorists espouse, and their numbers are multi-ethnic. There's also a laborious suggestion that they have bloodthirsty, reactionary counterparts among the President's inner circle, which perhaps qualifies as redeeming socio-political comment and prompts a meaningless declaration of deep meaning from the Prez. The whole megilleh finally comes down to an extended car chase through impassably claustrophobic streets that would mark a lurch into unintentional self-parody--if only that point hadn't been passed a couple of rewinds earlier. --Richard T. Jameson
Stills from Vantage Point (click for larger image)
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 stop remaking the classics! August 28, 2008
AIROLF (USA)
A mediocre drama that does yet another spin of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomonidea. Vantage Point not only fails miserably, but it becomes melodramatic, formulaic, with a traditional Hollywood happy ending. What a strong political statement this movie could've made; what a bore it was instead!
 I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!! August 27, 2008
Alicia C. Padgett (NC)
When I first saw the previews I thought WOW that looks like it's going to be another over the top, stupid movie!!! I saw the previews again it sparked my interest slightly, and being that I like Dennis Quaid and Forrest Whitaker I figured I might as well just give in and watch it.
When the movie kept rewinded and going back to each individuals story, at first it was kind of annoying, but then I started to like it more, and more, it was so intense, so action-packed, you never know what's coming next, you feel happy, sad, confused, terrified, and then boom the relief comes and it's all over. It was such an adrenaline rush, but the best part about this movie was something you don't see in most movies. Vantage Point takes a turn for good with it's powerful message by depicting that even with all that's going on in our world, there still is a chance that somebody who is a firm believer in all that is right can step up and change everything for the better.
 Pay attention from the start August 23, 2008
Doris C. Moran (Middleburg, FL United States)
Got this movie for my husband's birthday. He loved it. He started explaining to me that 8 people saw what happened, and each has a different slant on it. He said at first he thought he would be watching the same thing over and over but it kept changing on him. He is really pleased with this movie, keeps you on your toes.
 Dishonest free shipping feature August 23, 2008
Carol A. Nattenberg (Fresno, CA USA)
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Michael Nattenberg
Multi-layered, multi-angle suspense thriller August 22, 2008
Chris Wood (UK)
This inventive, tense thriller plays out several situations from multiple viewpoints. If that sounds dull or repetitive, it isn't - this is a gripping and well made film, well recommended.
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