Storyline
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
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Iain Glen, Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Warren Masemola, Phoebe Fox, Aaron Paul, Daniel Fox, Kenneth Fok, Michael O'Keefe, Monica Dolan, Gavin Hood, Babou Ceesay, Richard McCabe, Ebby Weyime, Kim Engelbrecht, Jeremy Northam, Laila Robins, Barkhad Abdi, Lemogang Tsipa, Sonia Esgueira, Francis Chouler, Armaan Haggio, Aisha Takow, John Heffernan, Faisa Hassan, Bob Chappell, Carl Beukes, Kate Liquorish, Mondé Sibisi, Zak Rowlands, Vusi Kunene, Roberto Meyer, James Alexander, Lex King, Jessica Jones, Graham Hopkins
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Reviews
91
Aaron Paul has key scenes as the drone pilot who actually has to pull the trigger, but it’s the late Alan Rickman, as Mirren’s superior, who steals the film.
90
A rivetingly suspenseful drama that deftly intertwines elements of ticking-clock thriller and tragic farce.
88
South African director Gavin Hood (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine’’) pulls off some really tricky tonal shifts.
80
The Guardian
Eye in the Sky aims to thrill and covertly manages to inform simultaneously.
80
This picture satisfies fully on entertainment terms without cheapening its real-world concerns.
