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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Dreamworks Video
Salesrank: 2908
Released: December 27, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 27-DEC-2008
Media Type: DVD
Description of Eagle Eye:
The "cell phone thriller" is becoming a genre unto itself, and Eagle Eye should be considered a key example of the form. Frankly preposterous but compulsively watchable, this movie puts Shia LaBeouf in a mess of trouble instigated by a mysterious telephone voice. If he doesn't follow orders, dire things will happen--although when he does follow orders, the consequences are pretty dire, anyway. Also being blackmailed is a single mom (Michelle Monaghan) receiving similar phone calls. Why are they being jerked around by the purring female voice, and why is the road leading to Washington, D.C.? Actually, you won't have time to contemplate these questions, because director D.J. Caruso (who guided LaBeouf in Disturbia) keeps the action going at the customary breakneck pace. This is a wise move, because the real questions you'd likely be asking have to do with the plausibility of events on a minute-by-minute basis (most notably: how could Mysterious Phone Voice possibly know that the two pigeons would survive the hoops she makes them fly through, each one more death-defying than the last?). The actors tumble through this mayhem like scattering bowling pins, including Billy Bob Thornton and Rosario Dawson as government agents. Nobody has time to make much of an impression, and LaBeouf has much less room for puppydog charm than he did in Disturbia. Even that would be all right within the movie's berserk parameters, but the really irritating thing is the way the tacked-on final scenes reverse what would have been a heroic climax. No guts, no glory. --Robert Horton
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Eagle Eye Reviews:
An "Eye" for an eye... 
2009-12-13 - This movie, in my opinion, is fun... not great, but indeed, fun.
I hate the thought of computers attempting to take over our world, and it's certain this is not the first script presenting this possibility.
I do enjoy the characters and their plight as they meet and come together for what neither, at first, can explain.
Thank goodness Good overcomes Evil, once again.
I just don't know how well this movie's sales would have been, (nor my review, for that matter) were it the other way around. (-:
Entertaining but a little far fetched.
2009-12-05 - This movie falls into a class I call "Entertainment". It is not expected to be realistic, not expected to have much of a plot, it is generally a stretched "what if" thriller.
I enjoyed the movie primarily because I like "what if" types of movies that are fast paced, intriguing and end well.
If you are expecting realism, definitive acting, a strong plot and always believable action, then you will be disappointed. If however, you like to explore how far can government go, what can go wrong and like suspense then you might like the movie. If you cannot accept the impossible as being plausible then skip the movie.
The sum of the movie is about a robot/computer that goes awry and decides to take action into its hands to carry out what it believes to be its mission. Why it takes the particular action it does is a stretch that you have to be willing to accept just to enjoy the rest of the movie.
I actually rate it 3-1/2 stars as it was a good thriller but one in which you have to suspend acceptance of realism.
Pretty Good...Not Real Original But I Liked the Characters
2009-10-24 - Nicely paced thriller with a what-if scenario which was not the freshest but still entertaining. The characters were nicely fleshed out through believable motivation and the skill of the actors. As far as family friendly viewing, it was pretty mild without overt gore, excessive raw language or lewdness. The suspense might be too much for some, but overall this was a pretty good flick.
HAL has a cousin and she's mean 
2009-10-14 - Jerry is a loser. Rachel is a single mother. They both get phone calls ordering them to do stuff or Rachel's child is going to die. The lady on the phone has other terrified slaves, a music shop owner, a jewler, a TSA worker, a Chinese tour bus group and an FBI agent. All these people are cogs in a wild plan to fix a political problem. If you saw 2001, watched the Daystrom episode of Star Trek or watched the Terminator then you probably sighed when the big denouncement came up. Parts of the movie are okay and parts are ridiculous. Jerry has to run like a sprinter champion, jump like a diver, pull a gun on professionals and fight a guy who should've been able to break him like a twig. The body count in this movie is so high that there must be hundreds of folks dead or injured in Jerry and Rachel's wake.
Eagle Eye is one of those flicks that is best for sitting on the couch eating popcorn and talking back to the screen. Unless you want to own every movie that Billy Bob Thornton has appeared in or if you really, really like looking at Shia then don't bother to buy this.
Eagle Eye-Great Movie 
2009-10-01 - I love thsi movie and was very happy when I found it so much cheaper on Amazon. I have bought used movies in the past and this one didn't fail to meet my expectations. The movie is like I just bought it from the store but paid less than half the cost!!! great deal from an honest seller
