Vantage Point

During a rainy July fourth, I watched Vantage Point. Starring Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox as Secret Service agents, Sigourney Weaver as a cable news director, and Forrest Witaker as a tourist with a video camera, Vantage Point gives you a look at the same fifteen minutes of an event from multiple, you guessed it, vantage points.

The President of the United States has gathered with many of the world's leaders in Spain to initiate a new task force to battle terrorism. As he steps up to the podium, with arms outstretched, a sniper shoots him. The place goes into chaos with people running around, screaming; and then the bomb goes off.

Dennis Quaid is the seasoned agent who had taken a bullet for the President earlier in his term and is just now returning to active duty because his partner (Fox) believes in him. He does a great job with that sour face of his. I think in almost every movie he's in, he wears that scowl. That could be because his smile is very goofy.

Matthew Fox comes across as your typical American hero. I haven't seen Speed Racer or We Are Marshall, but this man will have a future in films.

Sigourney Weaver starts the movie off, but you really don't see much of her. I guess that's alright. We see her point of view first and then that's it.

There are twists as you would expect in this film. It is a good action-thriller. The run time is only one hour and thirty minutes so it's a very quick movie.

I think the point of the movie, outside of being a good action film, is to show that there are always reasons or back stories. Even if you think you understand what's going on, you may be surprised.

I give this film a 4 out of 5.