Too many angles in 'Vantage Point'

0 Comments | USA TODAY, February, 2008 | by Claudia Puig

Vantage Point

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Stars: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, Matthew Fox, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana

Director: Pete Travis

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, disturbing images and brief strong language.

Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Opens today nationwide

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Vantage Point is no post-9/11 Rashomon.

While the title, trailer and commercials imply that we'll be carefully piecing together clues to a complex assassination attempt as seen from several perspectives, the final product turns out to be a tepid thriller that promises more than it delivers.

Things start out promisingly enough. The U.S....

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