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Eagle Eye

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Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.
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Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.

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Christine Champ Film.com 05/06/2011
C+
A warning about the threat in our own backyard -- but as often is the case with Hollywood blockbusters, the warning comes across more like fear-mongering than constructive social criticism. Personally, I prefer my cinema sans mongering. Go to Full Review
Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10/18/2008
2.5/4
What's galling about Eagle Eye is that it could easily have been an entertaining film without constantly yielding to the impulse to blow stuff up. Go to Full Review
Peter Travers Rolling Stone 10/18/2008
1.5/4
Did everyone involved in this botched thriller OD on speed? Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 9
1/5
Blends together post-9/11 terrorism paranoia with late 2000s technology paranoia for a movie that doesn't explore either theme in any sort of engaging way. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 04/04/2024
2/4
Some may be able to pull the plug on their sense of logic and enjoy the procession of inanity, but when it’s all over, the result isn’t nearly as interesting or as clever as it could be. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/07/2020
1.5/4.0
It's a film for people whose brains have been permanently muted. Go to Full Review
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tommy J 5d This is a suspenseful thrilling movie. I was in the edge of my seat. Very clever and thought provoking. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Nov 23 Success in 01 hour, 57 minutes, and 32 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 (for Intense Sequences of Violence, Intense Sequences of Action and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $101,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Jacob S. @Sanjac Nov 22 I understand the hate but it’s a thriller that keeps you on the toes and is easy to follow with a great yet predictable outcome. 3.5/5 See more M R Aug 23 I enjoyed the movie! I’ve seen it 3 times! I enjoyed it very much each time - its fast pacing, its AI/terminator prescience, it’s emotionally-scripted relationships. I don’t get how it is implausible. Is Superman plausible? Is Wonder Woman plausible? It’s like the critics all got the same memo to declare it implausible. I don’t agree with their assessment at all. I don’t like dumb films at all. This film was certainly not dumb, only the reactions of the critics. See more Jens B Aug 14 Oh boy, what exceptionally stupid, loud, and poorly filmed crap! It starts with the premise: In 2008, everyone is running around with their flip phones and BlackBerrys, and at the same time, a mysterious hacker is supposed to be able to hack and remotely control data networks, traffic control systems, ATMs, and cranes in a junkyard in a split second?! In 2008, I had to wait five minutes for all the images in a Wikipedia article to load... And the reveal of the villain is the icing on the cake: Of course, the Pentagon is owned by HAL-9000's evil cousin, who's zooming around in her fancy gold-ball room, wanting to kill the president. I don't remember why. But she can't be that clever, because every two minutes, both Shia and Michelle could have died, and then the whole plan* would be ruined... just like a considerable portion of my brain cells after this film. *Shia has a deceased CIA twin brother. The supercomputer frames Shia as a terrorist and, with Michelle's help, forces him to go on a manhunt through Washington, D.C. At the Pentagon, he's supposed to give an order, as he has the same voice code as his deceased brother. The computer then has free rein to kill the president using an explosive crystal necklace around Michelle's neck. The explosion is triggered by a note in the national anthem, as the crystal responds to the frequency of Michelle's son's trumpet (RIP Cameron Boyce) – some mountains of coke were inhaled while writing this... See more Ryland C Jun 17 I love that this movie has an AI computer as the villain. It’s creepy in a great way! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.
Director
D.J. Caruso
Producer
Alex Kurtzman, Patrick Crowley, Roberto Orci
Screenwriter
Dan McDermott, John Glenn, Travis Wright, Hillary Seitz
Distributor
Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
Kurtzman/Orci
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 26, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$101.1M
Runtime
1h 58m
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