how do we begin . the president be shot and secret service agent chase down a shooter and unconnected character intersect in increasingly meaningless way . oh and do i mention the groundhog day esqe time rewind . audible audience laughter be not what you expect to hear in a thriller . when a film with such a reasonable premise be butcher and ultimately end up die an ignoble death and my first question be where be the strong hand of the director . or the screenwriter . this film stink of heavy hand hacking after test audience screening . it must hurt to lose control of your film . i be tease by what appear on paper to be a stellar cast william hurt and dennis quaid and sigourney weaver and forest whitaker and hollywood favourite lose boy matthew fox . i can only hint at the angry disappointment i felt after the credit roll . all of these actor have perform admirably in similar role here they be groundless and and the prestige they could have bring to the film be squander . sigourney weaver bring some pathos and only to be cast aside when her story plot be terminate . dennis quaid try his best a the secret service agent try to quell his demon and but he not clint eastwood and and this be not in the line of fire . william hurt can be presidential in his sleep and give him some depth please . matthew fox have no reason speak bad spanish when his co pilot be speak perfect english and forest whitaker do his best mumbly and stumbly and heavy face bit and but his part in the story be simply meaningless and i be happy he get to reconcile with his wife and son and but please people and the president have be shoot and blow up and kidnap and drug and toss around an ambulance in a multi car pile up . so be it essential to waste a final shot on forest talk on a cell phone to his unseen son . someone must have some minute to use up . ultimately vantage point be half the film it could have be and it lack sufficient character motivation or back story and the character be caricature and the script be dilute to the point of meaningless and while it sport a great climatic car chase and the final scene be as implausible a they come a highly trained band of ruthless conspirator and tot the late in high tech gadgetry and kill co conspirator a they see fit and assist by an inside man and successfully pull off two intricate operation and on the road to get away scot free and only to be undone because an irrelevant character jaywalks . come on and we be smarter than that and a film maker you should be smart enough to know that .