Vantage Point (DVD, 2008)

Vantage Point is a thriller with a twist. Well, aren't they all? But in this case, it was a clever conceit. We see an event through multiple vantage points - the Secret Service Agent, the News Director, The Tourist, The Terrorist, etc. Sounds cool, right? It should have been. But I found myself groaning with increasing frustration with each "rewind".

Each "vantage point" did provide new information and clue us in on that character's role in the grand scheme of things, but the problem was I just didn't care enough and there was too much repeated information. I got bored and frustated by about midway, and knowing that I still had several vantage point rewinds to endure, I grew very ansty.

The cast is a more than capable of handling anything put before them - Dennis Quaid, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker. Sadly, they just don't have that much to work with, except Whitaker who was the sole bright spot for me.

Now, don't get me wrong. It's not a bad movie, it's just not a good movie and worse yet, for a thriller it wasn't that engaging a film.