What’s your view???

Picture the scene, an international conference on global terrorism, the mayor of Salamanca in Spain has just given his opening speech and welcomes the President of the United States to take the podium.  Signory Weaver sitting in the news truck is frantically organising the cameras to get the best shots as the President delivers his address to the world.  Suddenly a shot rings out and then another and the President is down.  Secret service agents Dennie Quaid and Matthew Fox rush to the body of the President and then we hear the sound of another explosion.  The president leaves in an ambulance and as the agents start to question onlookers, another huge bomb goes off.  As the smoke covers the scene we rewind 23 mins back to midday and events start again.

Vantage Point was a film that well and truly snuck up on me, having only spotted a trailer a week before release date.  Over the course of the film you see the events unfold through the eyes of various spectators. Through each of the views, more information comes to light as the story twists and turns and just when you think you know who is in charge of the terrorists, you’re proved just how wrong you are.

Having read mixed reviews of this one, I was not 100% sure how good this would be, but with one review likening it to 24 in terms of excitement and story telling, I can’t really disagree.  Forrest Whittaker delivers a perfect performance as a tourist with a camera caught in the middle of everything and Dennis Quaid again makes me wonder why he doesn’t get more parts like this.  At the end of the day this one is going to get a great recommendation from me, Matthew Fox is better in Lost and at times you do wonder if he is really going to be able to break into the big time, but the other characters  more than carry the screen time.  The final chase through the narrow streets is dramtic and at the end of the day it all came down to whether the little girl was going to be saved. Go watch it!!!