Angles d'attaque

Un film d'action tourné de façon rafraîchissante et contenant quelques surprises, qui n’est pas sans rappeler Mauvais Piège. Dennis Quaid m’a toujours paru sympathique, Matthew Fox amorce un tournant agréable après le personnage de Jack et Forest Whitaker déborde d'humanité. Zoë Saldaña aurait pu avoir plus d'espace, peut-être dans un rôle différent, car elle n’est pas déplaisante à voir, même pendant sur une durée étendue. :-) (17/07/2009)

Un produit commercial de masse très bien élaboré, captivant dès la première jusqu'à la dernière minute. Au final, il ne laisse rien de profond chez le spectateur, même pas le besoin de le revoir, mais il l'absorbe et ne le lâche pas pendant ces 90 minutes. Et la conclusion ne peut peut-être contrarier que quelqu'un qui n'a jamais vu un film d'action américain grand public. (02/05/2008)

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)

"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)

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)