Vantage Point on DVD (2008)

Don't Bother!

LolM from London , 28/03/2008

Absolutely dreadful. I was conned into this by the trailer which made it look original, interesting, clever, and full of imaginative twists. Unfortunately it's a cheap and unintentionally comical parody of the Hollywood blockbuster with all the usual clichés, car chases and happy endings. All the goodies survive car crashes, being shot, blown up, while the baddies get what's coming to them. By the fifth 'vantage point' (the same scene being repeated again and again and again and again from a different points of view) I was ready to shoot myself. But being boring is its best point, other than that, it panders to American patriotism and arrogance with a lazy and ridiculously unbelievable script and laughable symbolism. Forest Whitaker made a mistake agreeing to this. Should have gone straight to TV.

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CLEVERLY ENTERTAINING MEDIOCRITY

hunkydomste from Liverpool [Highly rated reviewer] , 10/08/2008

An interesting concept of revisiting the same assassination/terrorist attack from different view points, unravelling the puzzle a bit more each time the clock gets turned back to 12noon, gets moderately well executed in this slick thriller.

The problem is that while films like Memento are watchable times after you have seen the whole thing, due to great acting, story lines and sheeer good film making, Vantage Point's only redeeming factor is the gimmick of a groundhog day like narrative. The cast, including Sigourney Weaver, Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox and Forest Whittaker, feel like they are name-dropped props rather than integral to the movie and the story is intriguing enough, but veers to predictability too often- and then there is the climax that has been summed up by someone perfectly:

If you let one little bambina get in your way, then you're not cut out to be a terrorist.

SEE THIS IF YOU LIKED

* MEMENTO

* 24 (SERIES)

* 11:14

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Pretty good

A customer from Southampton , 08/03/2008

Some people can not watch a film like this, because it involves seeing some footage over and over again. If however you enjoy 'who done it' films and trying to solve things on your own you might enjoy this. There is of course the element of America saves all and hero's survive anything to pursue the bad guys.

It is original in some aspects and anything a bit different is worth a look. Forest Whitaker is always good. He is a font of emotion.

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fantastic

A customer from Peterborough , 10/03/2008

if you dont mind a story being told over and over by different points of view....then this is for you......stick with it its a great film.......i will buy this one when it is released.

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Tedious

AMoore18 from Norwich [Highly rated reviewer] , 15/03/2008

Where Akira Kurosawa chose to make 'Rashomon' with a highly stylised narrative to suggest the impossibility of obtaining the truth from contrasting eye witness accounts, 'Vantage Point' uses it purely and simply as a stylistic device. This is essentially a shallow film with no new ideas and an all to predictable plot. One Dimensional characters also mean that a potentially brilliant cast can not save this movie. This is a dull, conventional film perhaps borrowing a little too much from Pete Travis' time directing 'The Bill' episodes.

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Vantage Point...what's the point?

robshep from Edinburgh , 20/09/2008

Dull boring, smart ass whodunnit style movie. A waste of good actors. What was it all about? Who cares. Totally pointless. Don't waste your rental.

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