Vantage Point is a mixed bag. It is both fascinating and frustrating. Another way to phrase it would be that as the tension builds, so does the irritation. Forrest Whittaker turns in a great performance, and I'm glad that William Hurt is not the President of the United States. The story in the movie is about 20 minutes long, but it is repeated 8 times with each successive point of view just a little shorter than its predescessor. The movie is long on action, but very short on character development, except for the characters played by Dennis Quaid and Forrest Whittaker. I hope they have the behind-the-scenes segment on the DVD on how the movie was made. For now that is the only reason I would rent it.