Mar 08, 2008 09:59 PM
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(Updated Mar 11, 2008 05:07 PM)
The first few scenes and you are ready for the cliched the-american-president-is-shot-and-the-world-is-in-danger movie. Vantage point is a thriller from start to finsih. The movie has a strong script, good performances and a wonderful director. Even if some portions are half baked you are too absorbed in the story to notice.
The US President is shot while in Spain leading to a series of events involving shootouts, kidnapping, human bombing etc. This is a stroy of terror, betrayal, fanaticism and in the end, friendship and trust- the typical all American mix.
Dennis Quaid looks jaded and puffed, but fits the bill of a security man returning to duty after being shot.
The movie is fashioned as a series of eight accounts of the same incident each removing a layer of the story. The action is fast and leaves you wanting more. The layered storyline leaves you guessing as to what secret will be revealed next.
All characters have a story to tell - from the cop returning on duty to the tourist, the undercover cop, the blackmailed cop, the sacrificing waiter, the moll, the unexpected villain and the little lost girl.
William Hurt plays a strong president, Dennis Quaid fits the bill as the cop willing to put his life in the line of duty. Matthew Fox is a surprise. Forest Whitaker as the typical do-gooder American tourist is good. The vamp and the villain are slightly inefficient but make you hate them;)
All in all, a movie worth a watch. In fact it opened at #1 at the US box office in its first week.
PS- I have kept oblique references to the plot coz I dont believe in spoilers, if you think it would be better if story is there please leave a comment
