Directed by: Pete Travis
Written by: Barry Levy
Starring Cast: Dennis Quaid (Thomas Barnes), Matthew Fox (Kent Taylor)
Supporting Cast: Forrest Whittaker (Howard Lewis), Edgar Ramirez (Javier), Saïd Taghmaoui (Suarez),
What's it Rated?: PG-13 for action violence and strong language
Genre: Action/Thriller/Assassination
Synopsis: Thomas Barnes is an agent working for the American Secret Service. He is assigned to protect the president at a summit meeting in Spain, his first assignment in six months when he took a bullet to save the president. But as he, and 7 other witnesses watch, the President is shot twice. the chaos gets even worse when bombs explode nearby. It is up to Barnes, one of the only agents who knows what's going on, to stop the assassin.
My Take: Do you like action and suspense? this movie is for you.
I was "on the edge of my seat" a couple times, but the movie takes an hour (out of only a hour and 22 minutes) just to show you the same assassination 8 times. after about #5, you get kinda bored. The only thing that kept me watching was the suspenseful "ending" to each perspectives story.
For example: you see Barnes putting on a dress shirt. he goes downstairs, meets up with some other agents and gets in a car. once the arrive at the public square where a speech by the president is going to be made, the President is shot. Barnes runs into the nearby CNN mobile control booth thingy, sees a clip of the assassination, utters a profanity and runs out... but you don't get to see the clip. You are left in complete darkness as to what he is going to do next, and then, the film cuts and starts off with another person, "telling the story" from his vantage point.
Of course, the film would be far better without the swearing in it, but that's Hollywood for you. :-I
Anyway, I guess it was an OK one time see; not really worth the time to watch again.
Story: 6 out of 10
Humor: N/A (I didn't laugh one time during the entire movie)
Action/Suspense: 9 out of 10
Overall: 5.5 out of 10
-Graydon L
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