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- 2008
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2008
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Summary In Columbia Pictures' action-packed thriller Vantage Point, eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton at a landmark summit on the global ...
Directed By: Pete Travis
Written By: Barry L. Levy
- 2008
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2008
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Vantage Point
40
7.6
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Summary In Columbia Pictures' action-packed thriller Vantage Point, eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton at a landmark summit on the global ...
Directed By: Pete Travis
Written By: Barry L. Levy
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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28% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
34% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
38% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
40
28% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
34% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
38% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Flat-out one of the more exciting and original gut-busters that Hollywood has produced in many a month. It's virtually all action, but the action is never mindless and it is full of marvelous surprises every step of the way.
If you're up for good nihilist entertainment, look no further.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 127 User Ratings
7.6
65% Positive
82 Ratings
82 Ratings
28% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
8% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 127 User Ratings
7.6
65% Positive
82 Ratings
82 Ratings
28% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
8% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
If you ever see this movie at a garage sale as I did, you should buy it. I loved this movie; it's interesting and unique. A very good film with an excellent ending. Entertaining and "riveting". The action's especially top-notch, with a great car chase.
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Vantage Point starts to slide off the rails when it tracks a tourist (Forest Whitaker) and his trusty camcorder; instead of Zapruder-like intrigue, the episode has him running around like an agent in a rote thriller.
How can we take this doomsday scenario seriously when we keep waiting for Bruce Willis to rise from the ashes?
Throws in enough hurtling bodies, screaming bullets and totaled cars that it at least holds your interest, so it passes the worth-watching-if-you're-stuck-on-an-airplane test.
Although it was held back by the studio for about a year, someone apparently came to the inevitable conclusion that no amount of ripening time was going to help this gimmicky and ultimately harebrained movie.
Why, beating the audience about the ears, eyes and brain with essentially the same sequence of events from eight characters' points of view, none of which adds much more than deafening hysteria and identically dreadful music. The filmmakers seem to have missed the point that each re-enactment in "Rashomon" provides new and conflicting information. It makes you wonder if they studied the wrong movie. Maybe they rented "Rush Hour," or a video on Rosh Hashanah.
A clever, original yet unique thriller. While the acting is rather average, the film's narrative structure is very clever and the plot has a few well-executed twists, as well as a gripping finale.
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With a very good take off, this film gives a feeling **** thriller through half of the movie. But, slowly drops your expectations to low. Showing the same event from different angles is kind of repeating, yet interesting to an extend, giving a kind of **** effect. But, that thrill was not able to keep up throughout the movie, spoiling everything to a stupid ending.
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Vantage Point has an intriguing premise, but the execution is kind of poor. The acting is okay, bit the movie could've been a lot more than it is with a better screenplay, and a better director. After about 30 minutes, the movie loses its freshness, although it picks up a little after the real story is revealed a bit more. It goes from a repetitive thriller flick to a generic action movie (which isn't much better). Even for a movie about the same story shown from different points of view, it feels repetitive and dry.
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Production Company
Columbia Pictures,
Relativity Media,
Original Film,
Art In Motion,
Kanzaman
Release Date Feb 22, 2008
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline 8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.
Awards
World Stunt Awards
• 2 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
