Review of Eagle Eye (2008) by Movie K — 16 May 2016

Quite ok action thriller. Starting the military drone found a terrorist suspected to be the target but data analysis prove not suitable to attack. The president give the go ahead and Defense Sec Michael Chiklis although not in favor has to comply.

Shia LaBeouf twin brother is dead and they haven't been in contact for 3 years. Michelle Monaghan is a single mother whose son is going away for a music performance. Right after Shia attended the funeral, his bank receive $750k and he gets a bunch of weird parcels, all of weapons and national secrets.

His phone rang and a woman tell him FBI is coming. Billy Bob Thornton question him like a terrorist. Rosario Dawson is investigator from Air Force to question Shia. A crane crash his holding room and he escape and obey the woman command.

Michelle is also been commanded as her son is hostage. Both met up and have to complete tasks, including robbing a mystery timer briefcase. The police chase them but is thwarted along the way and duo escape.

Rosario go back to investigate and is invited to join in Michael team. They have a secret computer ARIA to detect terrorist and crisis. Anthony Mackie is also on the team to investigate. While looking thru the CCTV, they see Shia twin bro leaving post 3 minutes earlier and using his phone to make morse code.

They find his memory card in the fire extinguisher and after seeing the video they know what happen. Meanwhile Billy manage to track the duo to the airport and chase them but they escape with the help of the mystery woman controlling everything electronic.

The duo board a military plane and arrive at Pentagon. Rosario and Anthony brief Michael that ARIA has execute a fail-safe ops to kill all the important leaders in USA when the mission to strike the terrorist at the beginning turns out to be wrong.

Going by the constitution the people has the right to fight back and bring down corrupt government and that is what ARIA lives by. Shia twin knows it and lock it down. Therefore it is luring Shia civilian to unlock itself.

Michael is trap in the holding room. Rosario and Anthony try to remove the hard drives to slow it down. Shia and Michelle enter the ARIA centre and Shia unlock cos their voice are same. Michelle can't bear to kill him on ARIA command and he is caught.

Michelle is whisk by another official to do next task. Rosario warn Billy and he take Shia out of cell. ARIA activate a drone to kill them. Billy sacrifice by crashing a car to stop the drone. Michelle arrive in the conference room to hear the President speech.

Her son's troupe are invited to perform for him. His trumpet has been planted a trigger which will use the frequency to blow up a crystal necklace worn by Michelle. This latest weapon was stolen by ARIA for this mission.

The note is about to reach and Shia create chaos by shooting gun up the ceiling and he is shot down by guards. Michael acknowledge this failure and says intel collection is still important but must be handle carefully in order not to sacrifice heroes (Billy and Shia twin).