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Eagle Eye

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan in Eagle Eye (2008)
This is the first theatrical trailer for Eagle Eye, directed by D.J. Caruso.
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Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series ... Read allJerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and c... Read allJerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.
IMDb RATING
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189K
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    • D.J. Caruso
  • Writers
    • John Glenn(screenplay)
    • Travis Wright(screenplay)
    • Hillary Seitz(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shia LaBeouf
    • Michelle Monaghan
    • Rosario Dawson
    • D.J. Caruso
  • Writers
    • John Glenn(screenplay)
    • Travis Wright(screenplay)
    • Hillary Seitz(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shia LaBeouf
    • Michelle Monaghan
    • Rosario Dawson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 405User reviews
    • 209Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    Michelle Monaghan and Cameron Boyce in Eagle Eye (2008)
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    Shia LaBeouf
    Shia LaBeouf
    • Jerry Shaw
    Michelle Monaghan
    Michelle Monaghan
    • Rachel Holloman
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Zoe Perez
    Michael Chiklis
    Michael Chiklis
    • Defense Secretary Callister
    Anthony Mackie
    Anthony Mackie
    • Major William Bowman
    Ethan Embry
    Ethan Embry
    • Agent Toby Grant
    Billy Bob Thornton
    Billy Bob Thornton
    • Agent Thomas Morgan
    Anthony Azizi
    Anthony Azizi
    • Ranim Khalid
    Cameron Boyce
    Cameron Boyce
    • Sam Holloman
    Lynn Cohen
    Lynn Cohen
    • Mrs. Wierzbowski
    Bill Smitrovich
    Bill Smitrovich
    • Admiral Thompson
    Charles Carroll
    Charles Carroll
    • Mr. Miller
    William Sadler
    William Sadler
    • Jerry's Dad
    Deborah Strang
    Deborah Strang
    • Jerry's Mom
    Dariush Kashani
    Dariush Kashani
    • Translator
    Sean Kinney
    Sean Kinney
    • JTAC Team Leader
    Bob Morrisey
    Bob Morrisey
    • Director of Intelligence
    J. Patrick McCormack
    • Pentagon General Council
      • D.J. Caruso
    • Writers
      • John Glenn(screenplay)
      • Travis Wright(screenplay)
      • Hillary Seitz(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Shia LaBeouf stated that during filming, an FBI agent told him and the cast that one in every five phone calls someone makes is recorded. To prove this, the agent had him listen to a phone call he made two years prior to filming.
    • Goofs
      Jerry is the one single indispensable person ARIIA needs to survive until he reaches the Pentagon, yet she repeatedly places him in life-threatening situations that he barely survives thru blind luck - the crane crashing thru the building, jumping from the building and landing in front of a train, a devastating and destructive car chase, an armed robbery/shoot out with security guards, falling electrical wires, slowing his heart function, etc... any single one of which, if failed, would have doomed her plot.
    • Quotes

      Agent Thomas Morgan: [to field agent] If you're staring at me, it better be because I'm the suspect. If not, get back to work or I swear you're all demoted to something that involves touching shit with your hands!

    • Connections
      Featured in Getaway: Episode #17.31 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Sometime Around Midnight
      Written by Mikel Jollett

      Performed by The Airborne Toxic Event (as The Airborne Toxic Event)

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    Mildly enjoyable, but not entirely memorable.
    I think this is possibly the third film this year that has directly involved a higher power turning 'insufficient funds' into a considerable amount, and while this comparison is valid in a sense, that's where similarities end. From the trailers I was imagining Eagle Eye to be a cross between The Matrix and Wanted, but it's not… not at all. No, it is neither creatively similar nor anywhere near the same quality. So despite some similarities, Eagle Eye at least delivers an experience that is refreshing, but at the same time familiar. Not much risk-taking is implemented here; there are virtually no new ideas of any kind, and the themes present have all been battered to death in countless novels and films that have frankly done the job far more successfully. Read aloud, the script could easily be interpreted to be a techno-phobe's transcription of a recurring nightmare; the government tracking us all on phones, cameras lip-reading us etc. etc. and for the most part, that is how the movie plays out. While these elements leave an experience that will always have you guessing as to where the movie is going next, the eventual climax of the film boils down to character rather than plot, and as a result of spotty characterisation, the film eventually falls flat. Despite some major issues however, Eagle Eye still manages to retain a sense of spectacle, and the story, although mostly a science-fiction dud for the most part, does move forward at a decent rate. In this regard, the movie makes for good popcorn watching, but not much else.

    Following meek photo-copy shop clerk Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) as he takes the road after being wrongly suspected as a terrorist by the FBI, Eagle Eye is standard political thriller material; there's the hard-ass government officials, the misunderstood civilian who is inevitably on his way to save everyone, and the fragile love interest along for the ride in the form of Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan). What makes this feature at least a little more interesting than the cookie-cutter outline of thriller scripts however is that both these lead characters are being led on a mysterious journey across the country by a voice-on-a-phone who has access to all sorts of technology that governs our civilisation from computers, phones and TVs to billboards and alarm systems. Through this voice, Eagle Eye delivers its main theme of technological sabotage and paranoia; Big Brother with ones and zeroes. Of course, it's not the most original of ideas, and the movie's script plays them as obvious as can be with no desire for subtlety at all. As such, the writer's lack of anything interesting to say becomes apparent after the first act comes to an end. As far as science-fiction goes, it's standard thematic material. Again, no real developments or ideas are plugged in here for you to digest, only well established ones reiterated for your brainless entertainment.

    One of the script's far more successful elements however lies in the character of Jerry, and his off-screen relationship with his recently deceased brother. Although the movie never transgresses beyond the rather a-typical successful brother/lazy brother aesthetic, the writing is focused and sharp enough to give actor LaBeouf enough material to work with. So far this year LaBeouf has proved himself a highly capable performer, and Eagle Eye does well to showcase his talents here. While his chemistry with co-star Monaghan is almost non-existent, the actor does well to cover up most of the holes in this mismatch, and in his character in order to make Jerry a sympathetic, but engaging persona to watch. As a leading man, LaBeouf still shows some restraint and doesn't ever quite improve on his less-than-charismatic performance in Transformers, but as was the case there, his small image often complements the scope of the movie.

    In the end, all the characters and their developed relations do eventually come to an emotionally engaging climax that capitalises on such developments with great conviction. Of course, there's a dud of an ending that follows the real climax in order to provide picky viewers with a bow on top of their cathartic package, but it doesn't hurt the final payoff too much. Taken as a whole however, Eagle Eye certainly isn't perfect but it isn't bad either. For popcorn entertainment, director D.J. Caruso does his job well enough to create an engaging thriller that delivers some action, some character and some plot, even if it all feels a little underwhelming when put together. Anyone looking for anything but fluffy action-orientated thrills driven by mystery and spotty politics would be best to find something else to chew on; mildly enjoyable, but not entirely memorable.

    • Written by Jamie Robert Ward (http://www.invocus.net)
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    • Release date
      • September 26, 2008 (United States)
      • Germany
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • March Air Reserve Base, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • K/O Paper Products
      • Goldcrest Pictures
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes
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