Eagle Eye is a totally derivative, unoriginal techno-thriller, cribbing scenes and ideas from better films. ... But it's also thoroughly entertaining.
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08/30/09
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Eagle Eye (2008)
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Reviews Counted:169
Fresh:47
Rotten:122
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.
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... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Reviews for Eagle Eye
...one could certainly do far worse as far as movies of this ilk go.
03/16/09
This is nobody's idea of an intelligent political thriller (or satire), but it is an orgy for the senses.
01/06/09
So colossally ridiculous (and transparently derivative) that willing suspension of disbelief is a fool's errand. [Blu-ray]
12/31/08
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.
12/30/08
What, you can't relate to someone being controlled by an omniscient machine?
12/29/08
...one long, hyperkinetic chase, with the audience wondering what in the heck is happening.
12/22/08
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.
12/21/08
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.
11/26/08
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.
11/15/08
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.
11/12/08
The morons going to Eagle Eye are the ones who would most benefit from its message in spoon-fed form.
11/09/08
mplekei homage Kubrick kai (alimono) Spielberg me retalia Tony Scott se asmileyto stilaki Michael Bay (stise 5 kameres, peta amaksia deksia ki aristera, traba ta ola, rih' ta sti montaziera, ki opoios bgalei noima, magkia toy), kynigontas intrigkadoriko p
11/08/08
It's going to make you want to take the batteries out of your cell phone.
11/05/08
Top CriticAn intelligent nail biter.
11/05/08
Top CriticIt could be called Why the PATRIOT Act and Total Information Awareness Are Bad... For Dummies.
10/29/08
Where's Jamie Foxx when you need him?
10/27/08
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.
10/25/08
Oh, come ON.
10/23/08
A slickly packaged yet ultimately unpersuasive political action thriller.
10/18/08
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