Review of Vantage Point (2008) by Chadshiira — 24 Feb 2008

What works for "The Flintstones"(the television series, not the movie) doesn't work for "Vantage Point". Two Freds bamboozles the zaftig quarry worker's throng of acquaintances(when Fred Flinstone doubles for the King of Astonia), but Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) is a secret serviceman who must be the worst federal worker of-all-time if two presidents escapes his regard.

Since Thomas has difficulty identifying our commander-in-chief, how is he capable of comprehensive thinking, let alone, possessing the rudimentary acumen to walk and chew gum at the same time? "Vantage Point" invites the viewer to recapitulate the J.

F.K. assasination in "Rashomon"-esque style. Granted, this is a good idea, botched, unfortunately, by an over-reliance on overblown action sequences and its egregious mishandling of the edifying movements that Howard Lewis(Forest Whitaker) documents on his camcorder.

Howard, an Abraham Zapruder stand-in, should contain the lowdown to the assasination plot, not the media's live feed, if "Vantage Point" purports to say something about the "lone gunmen" theory.

For dramatic purposes, there should be something on Howard's film of grassy knoll proportions.