The film features Dennis Quaid(Thomas Barnes), Matthew Fox(Kent Taylor), Forest Whitaker (Howard Lewis), Sigourney Weaver(Rex Brooks), William Hurt(President Hashton), Edgar Ramirez(Javier), Said Taghmaoui(Suarez), Eduardo Noriega(Enrique), Ayelet Zurer(Veronica). Pete Travis directed, Barry Levy wrote, and Neil H. Moritz produced the film(IMDb). Rated PG-13.
This film certainly lived up to its title. The movie begins with the vantage point of the media, as Rex Brooks and her crew witness the assassination of the president while covering an anti-terrorists summit in Spain. Then the vantage point of the Secret Service Agent, Thomas Barnes is shown, and how his presence affects the events of the assassination. The film provides the vantage point of the tourist with the camera, Howard Lewis, the Spaniard cop Enrique, the assassin Javier, President Hashton, and the terrorists. And within the five major vantage points, there is the subordinate vantage point of the little girl and her relation to the vantage point of Howard Lewis. All these vantage points combine beautifully for an integrated ending that was semi-climactic.
The vantage point I found most interesting was that of President Hashton. In one of the trailers, it is suggested, the president was not shot, and this is true. While President Ashton was driven to the summit, he was told by the Secret Service the terrorist threat was real, and immediately a double replaced him, and that double was shot instead by the terrorists. At some point during the vantage point of the President, one of the Secret Service men mentioned the U.S had been using doubles since Reagan. Could this be true? I have no evidence to suggest it is, but that was a very interesting line.
Editing was key to making this film work, but how the film was edited annoyed movie-watchers tremendously. At the end of every vantage point a rewind effect took all the events back to the assassination. Movie-watchers hated this, and some made fun of the movie because they saw the same assassination scene over and over. What annoyed movie-watchers was not the different vantage points, but the fact that they had to see the beginning of the film repeatedly. While I was watching the film, I was annoyed because the vantage points could have been as effective by using a Pulp Fiction type storyline. On the other hand, although the rewind effect was a nuisance, I did appreciate that the powers that be behind the film took a chance and tried something different.
The major action scene occurred at the end. The car chase was impressive but I sensed it was not cutting edge enough to yield a mind blowing feeling. Adequate, defines the car chase and not spectacular. The acting was good, and the script was standard. Dennis Quaid played the role of an anxiety ridden person well, but over all everyone in the film was great. Based on one review of the film, the movie-watchers did not seem to like this film on account of the rewind effect. Despite how annoyed I was while watching the film, I think the film is worth watching, so I'll give it a-C. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.
This film certainly lived up to its title. The movie begins with the vantage point of the media, as Rex Brooks and her crew witness the assassination of the president while covering an anti-terrorists summit in Spain. Then the vantage point of the Secret Service Agent, Thomas Barnes is shown, and how his presence affects the events of the assassination. The film provides the vantage point of the tourist with the camera, Howard Lewis, the Spaniard cop Enrique, the assassin Javier, President Hashton, and the terrorists. And within the five major vantage points, there is the subordinate vantage point of the little girl and her relation to the vantage point of Howard Lewis. All these vantage points combine beautifully for an integrated ending that was semi-climactic.
The vantage point I found most interesting was that of President Hashton. In one of the trailers, it is suggested, the president was not shot, and this is true. While President Ashton was driven to the summit, he was told by the Secret Service the terrorist threat was real, and immediately a double replaced him, and that double was shot instead by the terrorists. At some point during the vantage point of the President, one of the Secret Service men mentioned the U.S had been using doubles since Reagan. Could this be true? I have no evidence to suggest it is, but that was a very interesting line.
Editing was key to making this film work, but how the film was edited annoyed movie-watchers tremendously. At the end of every vantage point a rewind effect took all the events back to the assassination. Movie-watchers hated this, and some made fun of the movie because they saw the same assassination scene over and over. What annoyed movie-watchers was not the different vantage points, but the fact that they had to see the beginning of the film repeatedly. While I was watching the film, I was annoyed because the vantage points could have been as effective by using a Pulp Fiction type storyline. On the other hand, although the rewind effect was a nuisance, I did appreciate that the powers that be behind the film took a chance and tried something different.
The major action scene occurred at the end. The car chase was impressive but I sensed it was not cutting edge enough to yield a mind blowing feeling. Adequate, defines the car chase and not spectacular. The acting was good, and the script was standard. Dennis Quaid played the role of an anxiety ridden person well, but over all everyone in the film was great. Based on one review of the film, the movie-watchers did not seem to like this film on account of the rewind effect. Despite how annoyed I was while watching the film, I think the film is worth watching, so I'll give it a-C. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.
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