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Vantage Point (2008)

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On DVD: July 1, 2008
Genre: Action, Suspense
Director: Pete Travis
Writer: Barry Levy
Cast: Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Matthew Fox, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, Edgar Ramirez, Eduarodo Noriega, Shelby Fenner
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Official site: sonypictures.com/movies/vantagepoint/index.html
Running Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.

In Columbia Pictures' "Vantage Point," Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) an American tourist video taping the historic event to show his kids when he...

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I was really excited for Vantage Point. I really was. The movie has a great cast, an exciting story, plenty of action and a presidential assassination. Even though the trailer blew every twist in the movie, I was still expecting a wild thrill ride and, for the most part, I got that. Still, by the time the movie ends, you're left with a feeling that everything was just a bit too convenient, too controlled and too predictable.

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