If you'd like to see Jack Bauer using Source Codes to be Bourne again while Olympus is Falling and being in the Nick of Time of The Next Three Days, this would be your Vantage Point to see.
I am terrible at guessing movie's twists. In fact, I relish in being surprised even when most aren't. While it's unfortunate that I 100% guessed who was involved at the VERY beginning, I'm grateful this character I guessed as part of the operation was only ONE of like 22 subplots/characters in this grand adventure.
The U. S. President (R. I. P. William Hurt) is about to make a speech in Spain in front of a large crowd and wouldn't you know it. Terrorists have a different idea. Get ready to see this from MANY different angles. Or Vantage Points, if I may.
I didn't know the 2000s were an era like the 90s, but this felt VERY 2000s. Not that that's a bad thing. You just can tell when this was made and while I did care for that time of cinema, it's starting to feel dated.
Still, this was a thrilling mystery of whodunnits galore and when time stops resetting, it's nice to finally get to the bottom of the plot. This feels like a time loop, like Edge of Tomorrow or Source Code, but it's really not. Just multiple POVs of the same events to really give us the story.
I will say some threads were weak and probably should've been removed. Sorry Forest Whitaker and that child. In fact, what that child ends up doing is laughably bad and sad - that the writers didn't seem to know how to end this so they had the child do something pretty dumb. In conjunction with this, it was pretty implausible the car chase would've worked and the other coincidences happened.
Aside from that, this incredible all-star cast gave it their all and I'm pretty amazed this all fit into 90-minutes. Absolutely no complaint there. In fact, before this began, I actually and honestly said to myself "I love 90-minute movies. Wish there were more of them." And Bam! This was one of those to the minute.
It's harmless and fun for the most part. Definitely a recommendation despite how clumsily it ends up.
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Final Thoughts: Leave it up to me to focus mostly on the Asian guy in the Newsroom. Turns out he is gay in real life, but partnered-up. So close, but still struck out, again. Oh, well.
I am terrible at guessing movie's twists. In fact, I relish in being surprised even when most aren't. While it's unfortunate that I 100% guessed who was involved at the VERY beginning, I'm grateful this character I guessed as part of the operation was only ONE of like 22 subplots/characters in this grand adventure.
The U. S. President (R. I. P. William Hurt) is about to make a speech in Spain in front of a large crowd and wouldn't you know it. Terrorists have a different idea. Get ready to see this from MANY different angles. Or Vantage Points, if I may.
I didn't know the 2000s were an era like the 90s, but this felt VERY 2000s. Not that that's a bad thing. You just can tell when this was made and while I did care for that time of cinema, it's starting to feel dated.
Still, this was a thrilling mystery of whodunnits galore and when time stops resetting, it's nice to finally get to the bottom of the plot. This feels like a time loop, like Edge of Tomorrow or Source Code, but it's really not. Just multiple POVs of the same events to really give us the story.
I will say some threads were weak and probably should've been removed. Sorry Forest Whitaker and that child. In fact, what that child ends up doing is laughably bad and sad - that the writers didn't seem to know how to end this so they had the child do something pretty dumb. In conjunction with this, it was pretty implausible the car chase would've worked and the other coincidences happened.
Aside from that, this incredible all-star cast gave it their all and I'm pretty amazed this all fit into 90-minutes. Absolutely no complaint there. In fact, before this began, I actually and honestly said to myself "I love 90-minute movies. Wish there were more of them." And Bam! This was one of those to the minute.
It's harmless and fun for the most part. Definitely a recommendation despite how clumsily it ends up.
***
Final Thoughts: Leave it up to me to focus mostly on the Asian guy in the Newsroom. Turns out he is gay in real life, but partnered-up. So close, but still struck out, again. Oh, well.