Vantage Point

(2008)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 2,249 votes

Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

Year: 2008

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: United States of America, Mexico

Director: Pete Travis

Cast: Деннис Куэйд, Мэттью Фокс, Форест Уитакер, Сигурни Уивер, Уильям Хёрт, Айелет Зорер, Эдгар Рамирес, Эдуардо Норьега, Саид Тагмауи, Зои Салдана

Plot

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.

The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything?