Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky
7.0

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Directed by: Gavin Hood

Overview

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky

Reviews (3)

  • Reno (Rated: 8)

    The modern warfare, and its advantages as well as drawbacks.

    A new kind of war. When everyone is worried about robots might take over our jobs, it meant military as well. There was not robots in this, but a war fought from a safe distance and soldiers don't have to be physically trained so well...

  • DanDare (Rated: 4)

    Eye in the Sky wants to explore the question of drone warfare.

    An operation to capture a terrorist cell in Kenya. Helen Mirren plays Colonel who is rather gung ho and wants to take out the bad guys before they do more harm.

    Aaron Paul is a drone pilot who is dithering because of the risk to ci...

  • Jack (Rated: 9)

    I was looking for a film to watch. Being a big Helen Mirren fan, I decided to give this one a go. What a great choice it was!

    The fact that the entire film is in real time, meaning we watch the event as they unfold in real time, makes it a true edge-of-the-seat stuff. Acting was nothing to brag a...

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