En el punto de mira

La acción rápidamente giratoria al estilo de "24 horas" con algunas sorpresas. Dennis Quaid siempre ha sido un tipo simpático, Matthew Fox seguramente ha disfrutado de un agradable cambio después de Jack, y Forest Whitaker rebosa humanidad. Zoe Saldana podría haber tenido más protagonismo, incluso en otro papel, ya que se puede ver en ella durante mucho tiempo :-) (17.07.2009)

Para un producto comercial de diez centavos la docena, esta película está bien pensada y es atractiva desde el primer minuto hasta el último. Como resultado, no deja nada profundo en el espectador, ni siquiera la necesidad de verla por segunda vez, pero durante esos 90 minutos lo absorbe y no lo suelta. Y la conclusión tal vez sólo pueda disgustar a alguien que nunca haya visto una película de acción mainstream americana. (02.05.2008)

"Pete, let's throw in an unorthodox time loop, a Bourne-esque car chase, a cute guy from Lost, and an elite cast that's not yet a write-off, and it'll work." It's out of your head before you walk down the back row of the multiplex stairs. At the beginning, the repetitive time loop seems a bit tiresome, but as time goes on, the increasingly convoluted plot manages to at least activate the jaded senses of the tired viewer. The short runtime (one hour and twenty without credits) and the abrupt ending proves that 40 million is really not much for an action flick :o) (12.05.2008)

All the characters look like templates: the heroic president, the cool bodyguard, the good natured black man, the cute little girl, the hardened terrorist and others similar to him. All of them take part in a interesting action flick whose subordination to the mainstream is indisputable, notwithstanding the good idea of repeating the same moment. If you can put up with that, you’ll have more than enough fun for an hour and a half. The final car chase looks good, but it felt a little like déjà vu… no wonder, yesterday I watched Bourne. If Vantage Point was less naive and more uncompromising and tougher, it could get five stars, I really like films that play with time. (01.09.2008)

It's perfectly heroic, overwhelmingly pro-American, and predictable in detail. Yet given the ridiculous money spent on it, the director got it moving in a high-octane style that doesn't let up whatsoever. And when you cast Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, and Edgar Ramirez as uncompromising tough guys with guns in their hands, you can't go wrong. I’m very satisfied and it gets a strong 3 ½ stars from me. I will definitely watch it again, especially given its short runtime. (03.08.2009)