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Dir: Pete Travis.
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Edgar Ramirez
Description: American president Ashton travels to Spain to make a keynote address to set out his vision for a new world order, determined to eradicate the threat of terrorism. As he approaches the lectern, the president is shot two times, and Secret Service agents Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor rush to his aid, tackling Enrique, a member of the mayor's security team, who rushes the stage. In the ensuing pandemonium, Thomas notices American tourist Howard Lewis digitally recording the incident and they review the tape, discovering too late that the shooter has left another surprise for the Secret Service.
Country: US. 2008. 89mins
Bang to rights: Secret service man Dennis Quaid after the bomb explosion
Pete Travis's film has the President of the United States (John Hurt) travelling to Spain to deliver a major address on terrorism in a crowded square.
But, before he can utter a word, a shot rings out and he falls, seemingly mortally wounded. Seconds later a bomb explodes.
We then see endless repeats of the catastrophe both before, during and after it occurs. Travis intends to explore the idea of the different truths as seen by various culpable and non-culpable beholders.
Unfortunately the second half of the film dissolves into an improbable action thriller with eight reasonably well-known actors and a plot that scarcely makes a mite of sense.
Dennis Quaid is involved as a secret service agent, Sigourney Weaver as a television producer, and Forest Whittaker as a bystander who thinks he has the culprit on his camcorder.
But nobody can convince us that in order to know the whole truth and nothing but the truth you have to watch all eight sub-stories.
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