Vantage Point

This week I finally caught a movie I was looking forward to, Vantage Point. For those of you who haven't heard, it's an action flick about a terrorist attack in Spain (fiction). The cast was pretty impressive, with Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, and Matthew Fox all on board. The basic storyline is that the President of the United States is attending an event to speak out against international terrorism, when he is shot on stage and the city erupts into chaos.

The movie is surprisingly similar to the concept of Crash or Pulp Fiction, with eight different unrelated characters being followed into an eventual inter-twined clash. What's different about Vantage Point is that you actually watch the same segments of the movie over and over, from different perspectives, with each segment revealing more details and secrets about the characters. While the concept got a little old about halfway through the film, it was something different.

The action was impressive and for this genre of movie it was pretty well made. I won't go into any details about the story like I sometimes do, because it's something you'll want to see for yourself and I'd hate to spoil it. While this may not make it's way to the academy awards, it's a damn good "lazy weekend" action movie, and you get your money's worth.