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A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.


“8 strangers. 8 points of view. 1 truth.”
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.

Dennis Quaid
Thomas Barnes

Matthew Fox
Kent Taylor

Forest Whitaker
Howard Lewis

Sigourney Weaver
Rex Brooks

William Hurt
President Ashton

Ayelet Zurer
Veronica

Edgar Ramírez
Javier

Eduardo Noriega
Enrique

Saïd Taghmaoui
Suarez

Zoe Saldaña
Angie Jones
Vantage Point is a drama, action, thriller, crime film released in 2008 exploring themes of sniper, spain, usa president, bomb, media, chaos. Directed by Pete Travis, it stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker. During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.
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