Vantage Point (2008)

Voti degli utenti:

6.7/10   

Regista:

Pete Travis

Sceneggiatore (WGA):

Barry Levy (written by)

Data di uscita:

22 febbraio 2008 (USA)

Genere:

Azione | Crimine | Drammatico | Thriller

Slogan:

8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

President | Secret Service | Agent | Secret Service Agent | Salamanca Spain

Premi:

1 win

Recensioni degli utenti:

Take it for what it is, a good, entertaining film

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Thomas Barnes
Matthew Fox	...	Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker	...	Howard Lewis
Bruce McGill	...	Phil McCullough
Édgar Ramírez	...	Javier (as Edgar Ramirez)
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Suarez
Ayelet Zurer	...	Veronica
Zoe Saldana	...	Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana)
Sigourney Weaver	...	Rex Brooks
William Hurt	...	President Ashton
James LeGros	...	Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros)
Eduardo Noriega	...	Enrique
Richard T. Jones	...	Holden
Holt McCallany	...	Ron Matthews
Leonardo Nam	...	Kevin Cross

Alias:

Prospettive di un delitto (Italy) [it]
Vantage Point - Prospettive di un delitto (Italy) (video title) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.

Durata:

90 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Spagnolo

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Divieti:

South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Norway:15 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42768) | Ireland:12A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | Malta:12 | Greece:K-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:14 | Peru:14 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:M

Luoghi riprese:

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Compagnia:

Columbia Pictures

Curiosità:

There were talks between the studio and the Salamanca Film Commision to shoot the entire film in the Spanish city, but it was considered inviable after the local authorities refused to close the Plaza Mayor during nearly 3 months. As a result, the production was moved to the Mexican cities of Cuernavaca and Puebla. Only the scenes filmed from the air were shot in the real Salamanca.

Errori:

Incongruenze nella trama: A bomb is set off in the lobby of a hotel, causing the fire alarms to go off, but the elevators still run. In most buildings when the fire alarm is triggered the elevators would stop, rendering them unusable.

Citazioni:

[first lines]
Mark Reinhart: Good morning, America. It's now 12 noon in Salamanca, Spain. In a short time, world leaders from over 150 countries meet here in Plaza Mayor to sign up to President Ashton's bold new counterterrorist strategy. Since 9/11, more than 4500 people have been killed in the rising tide of global terror...

Collegamenti:

incluso in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-02-23)" (2008)

Take it for what it is, a good, entertaining film

Some reviewers make it out to almost be a B-movie, but it isn't, not by a long shot.

The story revolves around the assassination of the US president who is attending a counter-terrorism summit in Spain. The film is told from multiple viewpoints and the events that transpire within a 23-minute time frame, thus a Groundhog Day-like experience.

Vantage Point is really just an action film . . . pure and simple. When seeing this film, don't expect a complex and deep storyline; it certainly isn't that. The proper approach is to just take it for what it is. I liked this film because it had no pretensions. It didn't want to pretend that it needs to be over-analyzed by the viewer. There are no lengthy sub-plots and behind-the-back conspiracy pieces, no need to explain who is fighting for what cause. And if you approach with this frame of mind, then I assure you, you won't get bored or disappointed.

It's a movie that doesn't need to be analyzed ad nauseam. It doesn't care about needing to tie up lose ends and explain all the circumstances surrounding the assassination. Approach it from *that* "vantage point" and you'll appreciate it more.