New to the box office this week is the geo-political thriller Vantage Point and the newest from the guys that did the Bourne Identity, Jumper. While both of these movies reek of big budget Hollywood style movies, are they any good? Or will they fall into the same trap that Fool's Gold and The Eye fell into.

Movies this week range from the mind blowing...

Following an attempt at on the President's of the United States life, eight strangers (not all of them) attempt to unravel whats really going on. The movie is told from a variety of veiw points, including the president's bodygaurd, a news reporter on the scene and variouse terrorists point's of veiw. Each few is interesting and reveals more of the plot, as they all come together in the end for the final showdown. The gimmick to the movie is that every few scenes, the movie rewinds 23 minutes to the initail event and tells the story from a new point of veiw. While this may seem like it may get old, its kept fresh by tight pacing.

While all may seem good so far, the main problem in the movie actually comes from the pacing. The movie moves along so fast and gives you so much information that sometimes it overwhelms you. So instead of thinking about what happens next, I found myself trying to figure out what was going on onscreen at the moment.

Minor problems aside, while Vantage Point isn't the best political thriller out there, its worth a look

4/5

To the mind numbing...

As a travelogue, "Jumper" isn't half bad, with lots of juicy images of Rome, Tokyo, New York and other splendid places. But we're supposed to be watching a sci-fi action film, and that's where things go south. The movie follows the adventure of David Rice, who discovers that he has the ablity to teleport himself anywhere. Unfortunatly, he not alone and a mysteriouse group called "Paladins" is hunting him down.

While the action sequences are fine, as can be expected from the directors of Bourne Identity (who are also directing Jumper), but when the movie gets to slow parts, you can pass the time by counting the numerouse plot holes. These tend to overshadow the action sequences and really drag the movie down. Especailly the ending, which is almost begging for a sequel, which I personaly hope is teleported into the sun and forgoten.

2/5

Thats it for this week, hopefully Be Kind Rewind won't be as bad as Jumper. I can only hope.