Review of Eye in the Sky (2015) by Ginak — 02 Apr 2016

As great an ensemble film as Spotlight, Eye in the Sky delivered what 10 Cloverfield Lane did not – constant suspense that held my interest for almost two hours. The acting was wonderful and often deeply moving, and the only reason I did not give it a perfect score was that I felt there were false notes in both the script and direction.

The British were made out to be both people with more conscience but also more bureaucracy (and some might say cowardice) and dithering than the Americans, which I felt was both cliché and unfair. But then it was a British film, plus the movie would have been over in a half hour had the British not passed the buck around so much.

True, one American also hesitated, but frankly this also seemed like a contrivance to delay things and to me was not believable. People die unnecessarily when someone in this American’s position hesitates and gets emotional.

But regardless of all this, Eye in the Sky is taut and moving, and in its hedging way, tragic. Also the drone and spy technology in the film were fascinating.