Vantage Point (2008)

Director: Pete Travis

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox

The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

This is a very unique premise: a film that repeats itself over and over, yet manages to remain fresh and interesting. Every deja vu, or different vantage point, reveals more as we see the action unfold from a different perspective. You have to pay very careful attention to all the detail right from the beginning.

I must be honest, when I decided to watch this, I never expected it to be this exciting or action packed. Dennis Quaid is very good as Thomas Barnes, who unravels the mystery. ‘Vantage Point’ is one of those films I can watch again and again, and will pick up on something new every time, and enjoy it just as much as the first time I saw it. The final act is super exciting!

The chronology and editing departments must have had a field time putting this together, so hats off to them! This was incredible.

‘Vantage Point’ earned $151 million on a $40 million budget, and won the Golden Trailer Award for Best Thriller.