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.
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.
Hey…i too loved the moving, it was damn exciting from start to end.
hey… nice review it was a gr8 movie after some disasters such as 10000
i too liked it very much. It’’s standards were as high as bourne series…wat say..
nice too see a movie buff like you here…But i bet I m a bigger movie buff than you..
u r right….
nice review. i agree. the flaws are not noticeable due to fast pace of the movie. inspite of the strong cast, its the guess quotient which keeps u engaged.
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