Vantage Point
Cast
Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Matthew Fox,
Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver


Director
Pete Travis


Premise
A political assassination is attempted and a
cover up is suspected, from many different
vantage points.
"Why did you write this
horrible screenplay???"
Rating: Below
Vantage Point is trying to be an arty action flick, a rare realm to succeed in. Face-Off this
ain't. In the first 45 minutes, we watch the same 7 minutes of film five or six times. Boring
does not describe it right: it is humorous. Instead of saying "wow how cool" we say "ok, this
is impossible to get involved in". Then we start laughing at the cliches thrown at us - double
agents, plots crossing, plot twists galore, suicide bombers, eugh! Someone make the pain
stop! Every bit of acting is wasted and the dialoge is so over the top it is unintentionally
funny. The one good thing I'd say is that the cinematography is pretty good. Otherwise, skip
this one.

Plot/Originality - 51
Acting/Characters - 59
Dialouge/Screenplay - 25
Effects/Camerawork - 71