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Title: Vantage Points

Date Viewed: 2/24/08

Details:

Dennis Quaid

Matthew Fox

Forest Whitaker

Sigourney Weaver

William Hurt

Director: Pete Travis

Score: +

The Review: A fast-paced political action thriller that leaves you breathless and with almost no time to worry about inconsistencies or credible disbelief.

Salamanca, Spain; today -- a meeting of international leaders to draw the line and establish a stand against terrorists -- and the US president attending (Hurt) is assassinated. On point is a Secret Service agent back for the first time after taking a bullet (Quaid), and he's a bit shaky. The story resets and unfolds from six different Vantage Points, as the mysteries and plots behind this act are slowly revealed. Curious construction -- each viewpoint is charged with a different emotional element, a different focal character, and different nuances revealed. Eventually the threads merge together.

When the credits rolled, I thought, amused, that we had the good, the bad and the ugly -- but I'll let the mapping fall to you after you see the film.

(27-Feb-08)

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