Vantage Point
Crit
In the neverending contest of Who(m) Do You Trust, Dargis moves up in the standings for saying "you'd be a lot happier staying home with your book," while Denby loses face for saying "worth seeing as long as it's within walking distance and the theater has bargain matinees." But really, was anything more than common sense needed to keep me away: it's an action/suspense film; if it were any damn good, would it be opening in February?Essentially, what you have here is Groundhog Day, minus the romance, minus the comedy, minus any remotely appealing characters, minus a single line of notable dialogue, and minus any stake in the action to make you give half a shit what happens. Hell, even the chase scene is boring. Ugh.
I was at least going to say that at least Salamanca looks interesting, but after watching the end credits roll I have to say that at least Mexico City looks interesting. (IMDb does list Salamanca as one of the locations--I hope for the Plaza Mayor where the central action takes place. I also see that the film seems likely to finish a close second to Semi-Pro for b.o. #1 this weekend, which just goes to show ya.)
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