Review of Eye in the Sky (2007) by Colby S — 10 Apr 2016
Very intense and thought provoking war thriller, tense for alnost the whole entire duration, showing how different the modern battlefield is due to increasing technological advances and drone usage, as well as the cooperation of several countries on a single mission.
It shows how there is no perfect solution in war, whatever decision is made there will be negative consequences and innocent lives may be lost. It's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation.
Supporting this are a bevy of strong performances, led by the ever great Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman (his last on screen performance and makes me miss him even more) Aaron Paul does a good job playing the conflicted drone pilot, and Barkhad Abdi is really good as the undercover field agent who's right there in the shit, his scenes are very suspenseful, lotsa other supporting actors do good jobs too, as to the ending, it's powerful and likely the most realistic way the situation would have played out.
One of the best war films I've seen.
This review of Eye in the Sky (2007) was written by Colby S on 10 Apr 2016.
Eye in the Sky has generally received positive reviews.
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