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Vantage Point

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The following guns were used in the movie Vantage Point:

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WARNING: This page contains images and plot descriptions with spoilers.

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Vantage Point (2008)
  • 'Vantage Point' is a 2008 action thriller focusing on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States Henry Ashton (William Hurt) as he promotes a treaty to fight international terrorism in Salamanca, Spain told from the different view points of Global News Network producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), United States Secret Service Agents Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), video camera owner Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), Spanish police officer Enrique (Eduardo Noriega), deadly terrorists Suarez (Said Taghmaoui) and Veronica (Ayelet Zurer), and blackmailed former special forces member Javier (Edgar Ramirez). Due to principle filming being done in Mexico City, some of the firearms in the film (notably the Beretta 92FS pisols) are reproduction blank replicas instead of blank converted registered firearms, likely due to lack of availability.



SIG-Sauer P229

The majority of the Secret Service Agents in the film including Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) carry the SIG-Sauer P229 as their standard sidearms. Though the Secret Service chambers their SIG Sauer P229s for the .357 SIG round, the P229s used in the movie are chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum. There is also a continuity error when Dennis Quaid is seen firing over twenty rounds before reloading. The gun only holds 13 rounds; 12 in the magazine, and 1 in the chamber.

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Sig-Sauer P229
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Thomas Barnes loads his SIG Sauer P229 before joining the protecton detail.
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A production still of Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes with a SIG-Sauer P229 in hand.
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Barnes draws the SIG.

Beretta 92FS

The majority of the terrorists and covert operatives in the film carry the Beretta 92FS. Those who use it include Javier (Edgar Ramirez) during the police car scene; the Spanish policeman; female terrorist Veronica (Ayelet Zurer) and the terrorist head Suarez (Saïd Taghmaoui). Continuity errors with these pistols occur in several scenes when the gun is "fired" and then immediately shown with the hammer forward. While the USSS agents usually carry SIG P229's, Agent Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) is seen only using the Beretta.

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Beretta 92FS 9mm
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Taylor fires the Beretta.
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Suarez loading a Beretta 92FS
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Javier points a Beretta 92FS, telling Kent to take him to his brother
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After the ambulance crash scene, Veronica's Beretta 92FS can be seen lying next to her

Glock 17

A Glock 17 is used by the former special forces soldier Javier (Edgar Ramirez) who kidnaps the real President. The one shown in the film features a stainless steel slide and a suppressor.

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Glock 17 9mm with stainless steel slide
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Javier walks the hotel hallway armed with a Glock 17
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Here he takes out several guards as well as the chief of staff with his Glock 17
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Javier forces the president to go with him using the Glock 17

Glock 30

Suarez uses a Beretta 92FS throughout the film, but when Agent Barnes (Dennis Quaid) rescues President Ashton (William Hurt), Suarez pulls a Glock 30 for a brief moment. After Barnes shoots him, It is a Beretta 92FS again.

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Glock 30 .45 ACP
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Heckler & Koch MP5A2

The H&K MP5A2 is seen throughout the film in the hands of Spanish police officers, some seen with two magazines clamped together.

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Heckler & Koch MP5A2 9mm
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Spanish Police officers stand ready with their MP5A2's as the President's limo passes

Heckler & Koch PSG-1

A Heckler & Koch PSG-1, mounted on an automated platform, is used by the terrorists to conduct the initial attack on the President. The PSG-1's distinctive wooden grip is featured during the scene when agent Taylor disassembles it.

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Heckler & Koch PSG-1 7.62x51mm NATO
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A Heckler & Koch PSG-1 in an automated platform

Remington 700PSS

The Remington 700PSS rifle appears in the hands of Secret Service snipers in the film, fitted with folding bipods. A few rifles actually may be M40's, but most of the close-up shots use R700's.

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Remington 700PSS 7.62x51mm NATO
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A sniper armed with a Remington 700 watches as the presidential limo enters the plaza
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Another sniper watches over the plaza armed with a Remington 700