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Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce McGill, Edgar Ramirez, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ayelet Zurer, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Die beiden Secret Service Agenten Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) und Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) sollen den Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten (William Hurt) während eines wichtigen Gipfels im spanischen Salamanca beschützen, bei dem er eine bahnbrechende Rede über den Krieg gegen den Terror halten will. Die Ereignisse überstürzen sich, als der Präsident kurz nach seiner Ankunft auf dem Podium niedergeschossen wird und wenig später bei einer Bombenexplosion zahlreiche Menschen ums Leben kommen. In der anschließenden Massenpanik kreuzen sich die Schicksale mehrerer Augenzeugen. Darunter ein in der Menge stehender amerikanischer Tourist (Forest Whitaker), der die entscheidenden Sekunden zufällig auf Video festgehalten hat, sowie die in ihrem Ü-Wagen sitzende TV-Producerin Rex (Sigourney Weaver), die das Attentat live auf den Monitoren beobachtet hat. 8 BLICKWINKEL beschreibt die dramatischen Geschehnisse aus der unterschiedlichen Perspektive von mehreren Personen. Und erst nachdem man die selben 15 Minuten unmittelbar vor und kurz nach dem Anschlag aus der Sicht jeder einzelnen dieser Personen gesehen hat, beginnt man zu erahnen, welch furchterregende Wahrheit tatsächlich hinter dem Attentat steckt. (Verleiher-Text)
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Im Hinblick darauf, dass es sich um ein gewöhnliches kommerzielles Produkt handelt, ist dieser Film sehr gut durchgearbeitet und von der ersten bis zu der letzten Minute fesselnd. In den Zuschauer*innen hinterlässt er keinen tiefen Eindruck. Man hat auch nicht das Bedürfnis, ihn noch einmal zu sehen. Die 90 Minuten sind aber fesselnd und lassen das Publikum nicht los. Diejenigen, die ein Problem mit dem Ende haben, haben wahrscheinlich nie einen US-amerikanischen Mainstream-Actionfilm gesehen.
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8 perspectives? You don’t say... Paul Greengrass: “Wow, I think I’m having a déjà vu." Screenwriter Barry Levy: “Hey, Director, I finished. I worked really hard on it at the beginning, but then I went at it a bit haywire, you know how it is with tequila. But don’t worry, the big cliché at the finale will cover that up. Why don’t you try a ten-minute car chase through the city? Your the king of your craft, boss, I got to hand it to you." Real American: “Oh, that’s a good movie, evil Spanish people allow terrorism on their soil? So, kill them all!" Spanish Spanish guitar player: “First I would like to appeal to our American amigos not to treat us like terrorists. Why did those evil American filmmakers have to choose our beautiful country to commit such a contemptible act? And I’ll say this much about the music: I wouldn’t play it alone, but it suits movies of this sort perfectly." Akira Kurosawa: “Interesting idea. It reminds me a bit of a story by Akutagawa. That would be worth filming!" Regular 24 viewer: “Good, almost like a double episode of Jack Bauer, the only difference is that the immortal agent is played by a 54-year-old Dennis Quaid. So it ain’t worth watchin’." Nitpicker: “Water! Water! I feel faint, so many hiccups and illogicalities! Take the last shot. A “bug" taxi typical for Mexico City drives past, the camera rises higher and there’s a forcefully grafted-on panorama of Salamanca with a departing CGI chopper. Yuck..." Terrorist: “The beginning is nice and explosive, but it went wrong again. Oooh, missus!" But only one of them can be right. Who? DaViD´82:, of course: “Watch, don’t get bored, finish watching and forget it. Simply a solid and inoffensive piece of popcorn routine."
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"Pete, let's throw in an unorthodox time loop, a Bourne-esque car chase, a cute guy from Lost, and an elite cast that's not yet a write-off, and it'll work." It's out of your head before you walk down the back row of the multiplex stairs. At the beginning, the repetitive time loop seems a bit tiresome, but as time goes on, the increasingly convoluted plot manages to at least activate the jaded senses of the tired viewer. The short runtime (one hour and twenty without credits) and the abrupt ending proves that 40 million is really not much for an action flick :o)
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It's perfectly heroic, overwhelmingly pro-American, and predictable in detail. Yet given the ridiculous money spent on it, the director got it moving in a high-octane style that doesn't let up whatsoever. And when you cast Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, and Edgar Ramirez as uncompromising tough guys with guns in their hands, you can't go wrong. I’m very satisfied and it gets a strong 3 ½ stars from me. I will definitely watch it again, especially given its short runtime.
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All the characters look like templates: the heroic president, the cool bodyguard, the good natured black man, the cute little girl, the hardened terrorist and others similar to him. All of them take part in a interesting action flick whose subordination to the mainstream is indisputable, notwithstanding the good idea of repeating the same moment. If you can put up with that, you’ll have more than enough fun for an hour and a half. The final car chase looks good, but it felt a little like déjà vu… no wonder, yesterday I watched Bourne. If Vantage Point was less naive and more uncompromising and tougher, it could get five stars, I really like films that play with time.
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