Eye in the Sky

R

Released Apr 1, 2016

1 hr. 42 min.

Mystery & Thriller

War

Drama

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A lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) face political opposition after ordering a drone missile strike to take out a group of suicide bombers in Nairobi, Kenya.

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As taut as it is timely, Eye in the Sky offers a powerfully acted -- and unusually cerebral -- spin on the modern wartime political thriller.

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D H

Yikes! I'm giving three stars just for Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman involvement. But even they can't save this talking-head snoozefest full of lukewarm claptrap plot cringe where nothing happens. Minus two stars for RT glitching and disappearing my initial review. Shame.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Audience Member

Absolute waste of time and of the movie cast. Wow this was bad.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Arthur B

Tense, thrilling and thought provoking, a stellar cast bring vividly to life a believable story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Andrea C

Solidissimo e centratissimo war thriller costruito veramente bene sotto ogni punto di vista. Dapprima la presentazione dei personaggi è a dir poco perfetta, la suddivisione in diversi Paesi rende più semplice comprendere in breve tempo il ruolo di ogni personaggio, e fin da subito i dialoghi chiari rendono ben comprensibile anche la scala gerarchica, elemento molto importante per il film. Una volta introdotta la storia, il climax di tensione e di emozioni è perfettamente costruito intorno a quell'unico evento costruito talmente bene da poter tranquillamente dividere in parti uguali anche un pubblico di spettatori che si approccia al film. Oltre a questo, le interpretazioni sono buone e gli attori si passano molto bene la palla del protagonismo; degno di noto è il brevissimo assolo del grande Alan Rickman, personaggio forse più interessante dell'intera pellicola. Finale molto ben orchestrato ma forse un pelo troppo rapido.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Jelisije J

An absolute realistic approach to how drone strikes are done during military missions in foreign countries.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Harry H

A taut thriller about the ambiguities of war and psychological perils of those that must pursue it!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/02/23

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Gavin Hood

Director

Helen Mirren

Colonel Katherine Powell

Aaron Paul

Steve Watts

Alan Rickman

Lieutenant General Frank Benson

Barkhad Abdi

Jama Farah

Iain Glen

Foreign Secretary James Willett

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Raphael Abraham

Financial Times

Director Gavin Hood works the tension and the moral uncertainty to good effect but at times the film feels schematic and too much like revision.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

It's hard to watch the film and not vacillate between wanting them to act, and wanting them to stand down.

Nov 8, 2016

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Hood and Hibbert's procedural is a crackerjack affair in all the ways that count, and it's safe to say it looks at this hot button issue in a way certain to get audiences talking afterward.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 11, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Considers a much larger canvas than the warfare itself, from the politicians approving drone missions to the undercover agents on the ground scouting them.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 18, 2022

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Nikki Baughan

AWFJ.org

Combining tense action with an exploration of the psychological demands, and impact, of modern drone warfare, Eye in the Sky also demonstrates that strong female characters can command the genre as resoundingly as their male counterparts.

Sep 29, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

To their enormous credit, director Gavin Hood and writer Guy Hibbert offer no easy answers and take no easy outs, electing instead to keep viewers as conflicted and uncomfortable as the characters on the screen.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 18, 2021

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Synopsis

A lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) face political opposition after ordering a drone missile strike to take out a group of suicide bombers in Nairobi, Kenya.

Director: Gavin Hood
Executive Producer: Xavier Marchand, Benedict Carver, Anne Sheehan, Claudia Bluemhuber, Guy Hibbert, Stephen Wright
Screenwriter: Guy Hibbert
Distributor: Bleecker Street Media
Production Co: Entertainment One, Raindog Films
Rating: R (Some Violent Images|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.7M

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