A movie about the evils of technology. The Amish would love it - if they went to the theaters.
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09/30/08
Eagle Eye (2008)
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Reviews Counted:169
Fresh:47
Rotten:122
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.
Theatrical Release:17-10-2008
Synopsis: D.J. Caruso (TAKING LIVES, DISTURBIA) directs this tale of intrigue that utilizes technology as a character. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a slacker who works at Copy Cabana--until he returns home... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis
Director: D.J. Caruso
Reviews for Eagle Eye
While highly improbably and overly chaotic, the film is entertaining, which is all that really matters from this type of movie.
09/30/08
[LaBeouf]'s just not very credible in elaborate action set-pieces, although at least this time he's not trying to convince us that he's a '50s greaser.
09/29/08
The situation is anything but average, but [LaBeouf and Monaghan] two stars ground the adventure just enough to make the film into an enjoyable diversion.
09/29/08
So fast paced and exciting that you don't care whether or not it makes any sense
09/29/08
If you have a taste for this sort of nonsense, then all this hyper-implausibility is actually kind of fun.
09/29/08
This cautionary tale about the perils of technology might seem more sincere if the movie ever stopped trying to indoctrinate us into being good consumers with its incessant product placement...
09/29/08
Since it is plainly obvious that the movie's priorities lie not with its message, but with its lightning-fast pacing and confusing action scenes, it's insulting when these ideas are shoehorned in half-heartedly.
09/29/08
HAL has a granddaughter? Who knew?
09/29/08
Bristling along on one amazing narrative convolution after another, and fueled by fascinating gung ho performances from everyone involved, Eagle Eye is a jovial serving of cinematic junk food.
09/28/08
Big Brother isn't watching, he's seen this already. Eagle Eye is for the guy in front of me on his cell phone...
09/28/08
We need to find some new places to stage foot chases, because the airport? It's been done.
09/27/08
A loud, muddled and empty sci-fi thriller.
09/27/08
Eagle Eye wants to be a modern day North by Northwest. Instead it has to settle for being a slightly higher tech Die Hard with a Vengeance.
09/26/08
...the filmmakers apparently want you to suspend your disbelief.
09/26/08
The action sequences are frequent and frenetic, and Caruso bathes every scene in a high-tech sheen to cover the gaping leaps in illogic.
09/26/08
How [do] these actors manage to slog through this awful script and its deteriorating-by-the-minute premise and still deliver their lines with a straight face.
09/26/08
It's a terrible movie. You could go into any supermarket, pluck two reasonably attractive people from the check-out line, put them in this movie, and nothing would change. Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are lost amid the dumb, uninvolving chaos.
09/26/08
Eagle Eye feels less like a vehicle for an action hero than the latest in a series of national focus groups to determine LaBeouf's commercial viability.
09/26/08
A film like Eagle Eye can be an escape. Just don't try to think your way through it, or you might suffer a brain hemorrhage.
09/26/08
Latest News for Eagle Eye
January 07, 2009:
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January 03, 2009:
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December 22, 2008:
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October 26, 2008:
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