Eagle Eye

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Eagle Eye

PG-13

Released Sep 26, 2008

1h 58m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.

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Christine Champ

Film.com

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.

Rated: C+

May 6, 2011

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Calvin Wilson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 18, 2008

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Did everyone involved in this botched thriller OD on speed?

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 18, 2008

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 4, 2024

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's a film for people whose brains have been permanently muted.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Nikhat Kazmi

The Times of India

All sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Feb 28, 2020

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Jens B

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...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/14/25

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Ryland C

I love that this movie has an AI computer as the villain. It’s creepy in a great way!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/17/25

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Daniel H

Engaging. Novel. Not predictable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Isuzu B

Mysterious organization with god level powers controls everything and everyone like we’re all sims characters. So begs the question, why would such an organization need 2 people of zero natural abilities to suddenly do its bidding.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Neil S

I remember dragging my mom to watch this when I was younger (during my Shia phase) and she absolutely loved it. We both love it to this day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/24

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William B

Good movie as a kid but not as good upon recently rewatching it. Kind of disappointed

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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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: DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures
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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