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Eye In The Sky (2016)
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Eye In The Sky (2016)

Genre
Action, Thriller
Release Date
March 11, 2016
Studio
Bleecker Street
Official Site
http://www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/eyeinthesky
Genre
Action, Thriller
Release Date
March 11, 2016
MPAA Rating
R
Duration
102 minute(s)
Production Budget
13000000
Studio
Bleecker Street
Official Site
http://www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/eyeinthesky
Director
Gavin Hood
Producer
Colin Firth, Ged Doherty, Xavier Marchand
Screenwriter
Guy Hibbert
Starring
  • Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell
  • Aaron Paul as Steve Watts
  • Barkhad Abdi as Jama Farah
  • Alan Rickman as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
  • Iain Glen
  • Phoebe Fox
  • Carl Beukes
  • Babou Ceesay
  • Tyrone Keogh
  • Lex King

In a tense, modern-day thriller directed by Gavin Hood, the abstract concept of warfare becomes a terrifyingly personal dilemma. Colonel Katherine Powell, played with steely resolve by Helen Mirren, oversees a covert drone operation to capture a high-level terrorist group in Nairobi. When surveillance, aided by a courageous on-the-ground operative portrayed by Barkhad Abdi, reveals the targets are planning an imminent suicide attack, the mission escalates to a lethal strike. As Powell pushes for authorization, the decision ricochets up the chain of command to a senior government official, Alan Rickman, and across continents to a young drone pilot, Aaron Paul, whose finger is on the trigger. The film masterfully builds a gripping, claustrophobic atmosphere, trapping its characters in a moral labyrinth where every second counts and the potential collateral damage of a single innocent life threatens to unravel the entire operation. "Eye in the Sky" presents a relentless, real-time examination of the psychological and ethical battlegrounds of remote-controlled warfare, where the click of a mouse carries the weight of the world.

Ratings:
70
SCORE
TMDB 7.0/10