Vantage Point

Yes, to add just a little to this review - Vantage Point seems like it should have been much more fun. There's a strong cast and a script full of double crosses, not to mention a foreign locale and an above average car chase. But too much weight is placed on the stop-and-start plot structure; we see the prelude to and aftermath of events from several angles. Cutting things down to about 3 POV's (Quaid's, Fox's, the Pres, one of the Europeans, OK maybe 4 POVs) would have been tidier. Nothing new is said about the U.S. standing in the world. The U.S. President, whom William Hurt makes believably beleaguered, seems like a decent guy. Dennis Quaid is well-cast in the central role, but he never has a chance to do anything other than a dour Harrison Ford impersonation. (Parabasis)