DVD reviews: Vantage Point | Leatherheads

Published Date: 03 August 2008 VANTAGE POINT (12) £19.99 Director: Pete Travis Running time: 86 minutes It can be a dangerous day when the American president gives a public speech in a foreign country. Which is why, in Vantage Point, it's no surprise when President Ashton (William Hurt) is assassinated in a large square in Salamanca, Spain, amidst the war on terror. What is surprising is the number of times the action is replayed from different perspectives – eight in total – in an attempt to reveal the truth about what happened. The witnesses include a TV news producer (Sigourney Weaver), a tourist with a video camera (Forest Whitaker), and a secret service agent (Dennis Quaid), whose partner Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), provides the action highlight of the film in an impressive Bourne-esque car chase. But the film wears... [read full story]