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01/02/2008 Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime 1h 30m
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8 strangers. 8 points of view. 1 truth.

Overview

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.

  1. Pete Travis

    Director

  2. Barry Levy

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Dennis Quaid

    Thomas Barnes

  2. Matthew Fox

    Kent Taylor

  3. Forest Whitaker

    Howard Lewis

  4. Sigourney Weaver

    Rex Brooks

  5. William Hurt

    President Ashton

  6. Ayelet Zurer

    Veronica

  7. Edgar Ramírez

    Javier

  8. Eduardo Noriega

    Enrique

  9. Saïd Taghmaoui

    Suarez

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by JPV852
Written by JPV852 on 2020-05-03
Decent if not also contrived quasi-political thriller (the politics of it is rather thin and safe, so neither side will be offended) with each segment were okay though the Forest Whitaker one was the most ridiculous. Also not sure if there was meant to be one with the news team, and Sigourney Weaver's talent was utterly wasted.

All that said, the stunt and car chase sequences in the final act was great and a good choice more or less having Dennis Quaid being the lead of the ensemble. This probably makes for a fine weekend viewing even if the pacing, that is the jumping from one POV to the o...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$40,000,000.00

Revenue
$152,039,882.00

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