A role which would have been played, without a shadow of a doubt, by Harrison Fod had it been produced a decade ago.
Quaid plays secret service agent Thomas Barnes, along with Kent Taylor (Lost's Matthew Fox), assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. Ironically,
during an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of
the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Chaos ensues
and seemingly unconnected lives collide as eight strangers have a
perfect view of the kill - but the question is : what did they really
see?
An all-star cast has been assembled here (including
Sigourney Weaver as a TV director) as the story zips back and forth,
slowly revealing another piece of the puzzle. While it tries to be more
clever than it actually is - at the end of the day it's not brain
surgery, moreso a candy coated popcorn version of Pulp Fiction.
And it's for this very reason why Vantage Point works so well.
It's
action packed, it keeps you guessing and the camera work is so damn
quick you barely get a second to even attempt to be bored.
This is Friday night Pizza DVD at it's finest, it really is.
DVD EXTRAS
Plenty
of stuff on offer here - and in a vareity of forms. The Blu-Ray disc
offers up some phenomenal extras (if I recall correctly, there is even
a GPS system on it so you can keep track of the where abouts of
individual characters throughout the movie).
On the "Normal
Human Version" there are the usuals in toe including Commentary
with director Pete Travis. There are also a bunch of featurettes (the
best of of which is "Plotting an Assassination"), as well as a
few Deleted Scenes here or there.
Some
version also offer a bonus "Digital Copy" which allows you to download
the film straight onto your computer - which is a handy extra which may
very well become the norm in years to come.
Conclusion:
Movie 75% Extras: 70%
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