With a little more work this could have been a first-rate thriller along the lines of the Bourne films, because the concept is intriguing and our interest is held for a significant part of the film.
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03/19/08
Vantage Point (2008)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:52
Rotten:98
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Vantage Point has an interesting premise that is completely undermined by fractured storytelling and wooden performances.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Mar 13, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $72,266,306
Synopsis: A presidential assassination attempt is told from multiple points of view in Pete Travis's directorial debut, VANTAGE POINT. U.S. president Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain (though much... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Pete Travis
Reviews for Vantage Point
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticVantage Point is a tense and imaginative thriller that reels you in the longer it goes along, only to lose focus in the last 15 minutes. This final reel misstep is a shame, but it’s not enough to ruin all the good work that’s come before it.
03/20/08
Top CriticThis pseudo-political action thriller is rather half baked editorially but otherwise overcooked.
03/06/08
Top CriticAlas, this well-crafted terrorist plot is sandwiched between two terrible acts, making for the kind of movie that you should walk into late and sneak out of early.
02/20/08
A stale effort that seems content to find its niche in a harmless mediocrity.
02/16/08
Vantage Point prefers to stick with the familiar, so that it ends up, bizarrely enough, affirming rather than challenging the viewer's prejudices.
03/05/08
If you are looking for mindless action, it's not bad. But since this is trying to be something more than that, I can't quite recommend it.
07/22/08
I might almost sit through the crappy storytelling one more time just to see the car chases. These are the kind car chases that Stuntman Mike from Death Proof might be able to appreciate
03/01/08
We view this event from every possible point of view except a logical -- or entertaining -- one.
02/21/08
The problem with Vantage Point, or at least one problem, is that it depends too much on coincidence. The film relies on things breaking a certain way for nearly every plot advancement.
02/21/08
Basically, Vantage Point is a don't-ask-and-we-won't-tell movie. We are just supposed to sit back and ride along without questioning where we are being driven.
02/27/08
Increasingly complex -- and preposterous.
02/22/08
In case we haven't had enough fear-mongering in the past few years, this schlock takes up the slack.
02/23/08
The Bourne films have fundamentally altered the rules... Every action thriller from here on out must adapt or risk coming across like some middling, antiquated dinosaur.
02/28/08
Jittery, Bourne-style-lite mayhem, with edits every one-half to one-third a second.
02/22/08
It's a marginally successful attempt to flare up the senses through shocking repetition, but this is Moritz after all, so if you must go, leave your brain at home and sneak in a cocktail to help wash down the nonsense.
02/21/08
The whodunit-with-terrorist-undertones doesn't test, shock or surprise the audience in any unique way.
07/19/08
The bones of a good idea for a conspiracy thriller lie buried in the corpse of Vantage Point. It feels more like a movie with a personality disorder.
02/21/08
An overly gimmicky and fatally repetitive terrorist thriller that quickly wears out its welcome.
02/22/08
No matter how you look at it, Vantage Point is a letdown.
02/22/08
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