Vantage Point - Politcal Thriller!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
With a plot so knotty and twisted that pretzel makers would worship it, Vantage Point promises much more than it can ever rationally deliver. Taking an explosive 20-minute action sequence involving threats to world leaders, secret cabals, and unexpected alliances, British TV helmer Travis hopes to fashion a clean, lean JFK riff, complete with conflicting stories and anti-American sentiments. The present policies of the Bush Administration are slammed again and again here as reporters and administrative officials lament/extol the “shoot first, diplomacy a distant second” beliefs that, apparently, have led to this reactionary retaliation. There are moments which are very heavy-handed in their indirect criticism, as when a hawkish Cabinet member (Bruce McGill) tries to muscle the Commander in Chief into bombing Morocco.
