Vantage Point (2008)
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24 February 2008
Warning: Spoilers
At least it felt like it considering how many times the audience laughed. The biggest laughs seem to come each time the screen goes black and the beginning time starts ticking again.

The biggest problem was not the actors. It was the script. The horrible dialog began with the Sigourney Weaver and ended with Dennis Quad at the end.

The car chases and running were only bearable to laugh at all the funny faces Dennis Quaid makes as the camera zooms into his face to get is reaction to almost hitting something.

The premise of the movie is entirely blown when the last "replay" basically tells you everything that happened. The replays aren't clues....as it's suggested in the trailer, they are merely cliffhangers to set up the last scene that shows you how all the previous replays ended. The only thing the last part did was fill in the cliffhangers that the other replays left you with. Whats going to happen with the little girl? What did Dennis Quaid see?

Why didn't they just show us at those moments and spare us the replays? If you want a better movie that used this gimmick to much better effect, try "12:14" and stay away from this stinker.
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