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Faisa Hassan | ... |
Fatima Mo'Allim
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Aisha Takow | ... |
Alia Mo'Allim
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Armaan Haggio | ... |
Musa Mo'Allim
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Bob Chappell | ... |
Simon Powell
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Alex Gallafent | ... |
Reporter
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Sergeant Mike Gleeson
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Kate Liquorish | ... |
Female Sergeant
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Richard Stephenson | ... |
Staff Sergeant
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Gabriella Pinto | ... |
Female Corporal
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Tylan Wray | ... |
Male Corporal
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Hossain Dahir | ... |
Driver One
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Mondé Sibisi | ... |
Muhammad Abdisalaam
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EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) 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. Written by Bleecker Street
Well this film is a comment or maybe it just raises questions about drone warfare. Most modern war films have many violent scenes, many scenarios like the one they expose and examine in this film. In the end, the outcome makes me sad. The pull of what to do and what would you the viewer decide is the heart of things with this film.
It is not a war film that moves quickly from event to event. As mentioned, it kind of focuses on one event and investigates everything about that event. Some folks will have no attention span for this type of moral/war, evaluation.
I found it interesting and just sad. It made me think more about this subject matter. You will have to decide for yourself.
I am not sure this will ever be one of those blockbusters, but it is a well made film that makes the viewer think about drone warfare.