A warning about the threat in our own backyard -- but as often is the case with Hollywood blockbusters, the warning comes across more like fear-mongering than constructive social criticism. Personally, I prefer my cinema sans mongering.
Eagle Eye
If you want to live, you will obey.
2008 · 1h 58m · PG-13
Action, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
D.J. Caruso
Overview
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.
Director and cast
- D.J. Caruso Director
- Shia LaBeouf as Jerry Shaw
- Michelle Monaghan as Rachel Holloman
- Rosario Dawson as Zoe Perez
- Michael Chiklis as Defense Secretary Callister
- Anthony Mackie as Major William Bowman
- Ethan Embry as Toby Grant
- Billy Bob Thornton as Thomas Morgan
- Anthony Azizi as Ranim Khalid
- Cameron Boyce Cast
- Lynn Cohen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
It's going to make you want to take the batteries out of your cell phone.
An intelligent nail biter.
To call Eagle Eye derivative is an understatement; the greater sin is how snoozy this Spielberg-produced anxiety drama feels, even with all sorts of objects flying toward your head.
What's galling about Eagle Eye is that it could easily have been an entertaining film without constantly yielding to the impulse to blow stuff up.
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