Vantage Point (2008)

90 min · Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film, thriller film

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Directors

Pete Travis

Cast

Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce McGill, Édgar Ramírez, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ayelet Zurer, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, James LeGros, Eduardo Noriega, Richard T. Jones, Holt McCallany, Leonardo Nam, Dolores Heredia, Sean O'Bryan, Guillermo Iván, Shelby Fenner, Ari Brickman, Brian McGovern, Lisa Owen, Rocío Verdejo, Chris Durand, Alicia Jaziz

The story

In Salamanca, Spain, an assassination attempt on U.S. President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) unfolds from several different vantage points. GNN producer Rex Brooks directs news coverage from a mobile television studio as the president arrives to a ceremony at the city's Plaza Mayor, for the start of an international summit against terrorism.

Catalogue themes and tags

2000s, Agenten, Anschlag, Assassin, Assassination, Bomb, Bomb Attack, Bomb Explosion, Bomb threat, Camcorder, Camera, Car Journey, Chaos, Cinematographer, Conspiracy of Murder, Deadly Blow, Disappeared, Double Agent, Escape Agent, Examination, Fernsehbranche, Fernsehstudio, Flucht, Flüchtige Verbrecher, Gegenwart, Intrige, Komplott, Leibwächter, Limousine, Media, Mole, Murder of President, News Broadcast, Northern Africa, Police Car, PotUS, Press, Prosecution, Safety, Salamanca, Secret Agent, Security Guard, Selbstmordmission, Shot Dead, Spain, Special Agent, Stampede, TV Team, Television Broadcast, Terror, Terror Cell, Terrorismus, Terroristen, Tourist, US Geheimdienst, Unfälle, Verletzung, Verlust des Bruders, Video Recording, War against Terror, Warning, chase, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Drama, Suspense, Political thriller, Action

Genres

Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film, thriller film

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