Released on: 22nd February 2008
Directed By: Pete Travis
Starring : Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker,William Hurt, Édgar Ramírez, Eduardo Noriega
Trailer - [hey...dont worry if u c a mobile phone ok...the trailer will show up soon...]
the film is about the abduction of the american president Ashton (William Hurt) at sweden by a terrorist group and his body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) saving him.
the american president is at Spain for some peace talks and treaty stuff with the country.
the conflict is mainly between the presidents two body guards Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) who works for the terrorist group.
the us president needs to go for a public appearance with a spanish mayor.
a terrorist group plans to abduct him.
us intelligence gets the information.
they too goes for a replacement and the original president is taken back to the hotel (very smart).
the duplicate president got shot by a remotely controlled sniper (good tactics, must c).
a bomb explodes under the stage jus after the president was taken to the hospital.
the terrorists who had already identified that the double is brought in carries out a commando operation (assassin:Édgar Ramírez) at the hotel and takes the original after killing all the guards (ultra smart rt???).
to get the feel, its better u watch it on screen...
the theme, we all have heard a lot of times rt???
bt something is there that makes the film different...
its not a lengthy one...jus 1hour 30 min...
n the incidents last only for 20-25 min...
but we are given six different perspectives...
the story is told and retold from various angles which includes those of a media channel, the President's body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid), Enrique (Eduardo Noriega) who is a spanish police officer in charge of the Mayor's security ,Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) a person who takes the video of the incidents in his personnel camera , the original american president and the terrorist group.
though the film is full of firing and explosion and action sequences, it also has a touching relationship the person had with a little girl who couldn't find her mom after the bomb explosion.
a must watch sequence is Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) chasing Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) in the busy streets of spain just after the assassination attempt.
and the film ends with the president being taken in a copter to a safe place from the middle of the road...
the public is unaware of all these plots...they are later informed through media that the assassin has been shot dead and the president is safe...
and i'm sure u r gonna enjoy it...
forgot to mention...there is a situation where all the secret service advisors tell the american president to launch a missile on some target in response to the assassination attempt and the president, to my surprise, decides not to do it and to take a peaceful but strong action which is not so common under current circumstances!!!
good film...can be considered as a must watch if u r sort of an action, thriller, suspense fan...
enjoy...
My Rating : Good (***)
Directed By: Pete Travis
Starring : Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker,William Hurt, Édgar Ramírez, Eduardo Noriega
Trailer - [hey...dont worry if u c a mobile phone ok...the trailer will show up soon...]
the film is about the abduction of the american president Ashton (William Hurt) at sweden by a terrorist group and his body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) saving him.
the american president is at Spain for some peace talks and treaty stuff with the country.
the conflict is mainly between the presidents two body guards Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) who works for the terrorist group.
the us president needs to go for a public appearance with a spanish mayor.
a terrorist group plans to abduct him.
us intelligence gets the information.
they too goes for a replacement and the original president is taken back to the hotel (very smart).
the duplicate president got shot by a remotely controlled sniper (good tactics, must c).
a bomb explodes under the stage jus after the president was taken to the hospital.
the terrorists who had already identified that the double is brought in carries out a commando operation (assassin:Édgar Ramírez) at the hotel and takes the original after killing all the guards (ultra smart rt???).
to get the feel, its better u watch it on screen...
the theme, we all have heard a lot of times rt???
bt something is there that makes the film different...
its not a lengthy one...jus 1hour 30 min...
n the incidents last only for 20-25 min...
but we are given six different perspectives...
the story is told and retold from various angles which includes those of a media channel, the President's body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid), Enrique (Eduardo Noriega) who is a spanish police officer in charge of the Mayor's security ,Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) a person who takes the video of the incidents in his personnel camera , the original american president and the terrorist group.
though the film is full of firing and explosion and action sequences, it also has a touching relationship the person had with a little girl who couldn't find her mom after the bomb explosion.
a must watch sequence is Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) chasing Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) in the busy streets of spain just after the assassination attempt.
and the film ends with the president being taken in a copter to a safe place from the middle of the road...
the public is unaware of all these plots...they are later informed through media that the assassin has been shot dead and the president is safe...
and i'm sure u r gonna enjoy it...
forgot to mention...there is a situation where all the secret service advisors tell the american president to launch a missile on some target in response to the assassination attempt and the president, to my surprise, decides not to do it and to take a peaceful but strong action which is not so common under current circumstances!!!
good film...can be considered as a must watch if u r sort of an action, thriller, suspense fan...
enjoy...
My Rating : Good (***)
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