Everything's chopped up into those woozy, bite-size snippets of flashing lights and spinning tires, thrown into a blender and then regurgitated on screen.
Eagle Eye (2008)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:47
Rotten:123
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Sep 26, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $101,111,837
Synopsis: D.J. Caruso (TAKING LIVES, DISTURBIA) directs this tale of intrigue that utilizes technology as a character. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a slacker who works at Copy Cabana--until he returns home... D.J. Caruso (TAKING LIVES, DISTURBIA) directs this tale of intrigue that utilizes technology as a character. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a slacker who works at Copy Cabana--until he returns home after receiving bad news about his brother to find his apartment filled with incriminating packages, and receives a phone call from a mysterious woman advising him to vacate the premises immediately. Single mom Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) also finds herself at the mercy of the mystery caller after seeing her young son off on an overnight school trip. Soon, these two strangers find themselves caught in a tangled web, taking directions from the female caller who makes it very clear that if they disobey her, there will be consequences for them and their families. They have no control over the course that's been set in motion. But the real question is, who is making these calls and what is their ultimate goal? Filled with explosive action, car crashes, and high-tech hi-jinx, this thriller moves at breakneck speed. Technology is the co-star here: electronic signs relay the next move to Jerry and Rachel, traffic lights change as needed, and strangers' cell phones ring with directions. The strong supporting human cast includes Billy Bob Thornton as a hard-nosed FBI agent who is investigating LaBeouf for terrorism, and Michael Chiklis as the Secretary of Defense. Rosario Dawson, Ethan Embry, and Anthony Mackie also star in the film, for which Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. LaBeouf remains an interesting young actor, able to move from action sequences to emotional moments with ease, and Monaghan protects her screen son with a mother's ferocity. [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: D.J. Caruso
Director: D.J. Caruso
Screenwriter: Dan McDermott, Travis Wright, John Glenn, Hillary Seitz
Story: Dan McDermott
Producer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Patrick Crowley
Composer: Brian Tyler
Studio: Dreamworks SKG
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Release:
Jun 16, 2009
Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Region [unknown]
- NTSC
- Sensormatic
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 5.1 True HD - English, French, Spanish
- Subtitled - English. French, Portuguese, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Bloopers: Gag Reel HD
- Trailers: Theatrical Trailers (#2 Revised) HD
Featurette:
- 1. Asymmetric Warfare: The Making of Eagle Eye HD
- 2. Eagle Eye on Location: Washington, D.C. HD
- 3. Is My Cell Phone Spying on Me? HD
- 4. Shall We Play A Game? HD
Additional Scenes:
- 1. Ethan's Wake HD
- 2. Minuteman HD
- 3. Twins HD
- 4. Alternate Ending HD
- 5. Road Trip HD
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Reviews for Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye is a totally derivative, unoriginal techno-thriller, cribbing scenes and ideas from better films. ... But it's also thoroughly entertaining.
This is nobody's idea of an intelligent political thriller (or satire), but it is an orgy for the senses.
So colossally ridiculous (and transparently derivative) that willing suspension of disbelief is a fool's errand. [Blu-ray]
Attempting to tap into the public's collective fears and suspicions comes D.J. Caruso's preposterous Eagle Eye, an action film with plenty of thrills but I have no idea what alternate reality it's set in.
What, you can't relate to someone being controlled by an omniscient machine?
...one long, hyperkinetic chase, with the audience wondering what in the heck is happening.
Lowest-common-denominator filmmaking at its most discouraging, with makers who believe moviegoers too stupid to think, so instead opt for constant adrenal gland stimulation.
Pay heed to the movie's warning: Technological advancements might indeed become a concern in the future, especially if they allow for greater mass production of duds like this one.
The cast is not the problem. They are are merely pawns in this cluttered, Ritalin-infused action film that stretches plausibility so often that it would be more accurately described as science fiction.
Eagle Eye occupies a treacherous middle ground. It isn't credible enough to work as a thriller and isn't ridiculous enough to work as a spoof.
The morons going to Eagle Eye are the ones who would most benefit from its message in spoon-fed form.
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It's going to make you want to take the batteries out of your cell phone.
It could be called Why the PATRIOT Act and Total Information Awareness Are Bad... For Dummies.
Text messengers beware, in this wireless espionage romp where Frankenstein is a female, and where Billy Bob gets the best line: I'm not going down in history as the asshole who let this happen.
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October 26, 2008:
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