Eagle Eye
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Movie Reviews of Eagle Eye
Movie Review: Brainless Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I never went into this movie worried about the plot. It was simply a fun ride of a thriller. In a way, it's a little too intense because there are hardly any breathers.
The movie is full of plot holes, I must say, but I still enjoyed it and was able to suspend my disbelief. If it had ended differently, I might have felt different, but gladly, I liked the ending.
Shia plays a pretty good slacker that is thrown into an impossible situation. That new girl at his side (I think the actress is from Iowa), is great as the mother who is out to save her son. I've always liked Billy Bob Thornton, and Chicklis is great too.
Movies are about fantasy, and I'm not going in there to nitpick the details. Sometimes I still see them and get a good laugh, but it doesn't make me hate the movie, unless it is things that are so flagrant, it gets under my skin (especially if I'm an expert on the subject of the flub). I liked that they showed the MQ-9 Predator and actually called it the right name. Unlike another movie I saw recently, where they got the UAV wrong, at least that little detail in Eagle Eye was accurate.
Overall, this is no Oscar winner, but then again, nothing I like ever ends up winning one anyway. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Pretty Good
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie has been done before, but it is still an okay action adventure about a man and woman who start receiving strange phone messages from an unknown female.
The concept itself is great, the unseen voice tells Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) to do rather extreme things, such as jumping out of windows or racing through streets, and is able to manipulate external factors around them so they do not get maimed, with some unknown plot behind it all.
There is a strong tip off as to part of it early on in the movie at a funeral home, but otherwise the movie works well for the first half, then it falls down a bit as what is going on is unraveled and ultimately when the plot is revealed (or you figure it out) one rather famous sci-fi movie is VERY evident.
This is not to say that recurring themes in mmovies are to be avoided, it is difficult to find very new and creative movies. And in fact Eagle Eye does have many good points and does some of these themes very well. The first half of the movie was done well enough that the lesser parts can be slightly forgiven.
If it held up more along the way it could have been excellant, but it still winds up being pretty good and entertaining in its own right.
Movie Review: An Awesome Thriller!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a really good action/suspense film! the Government thinks a big terrorist deal is going down in another country, so the Government wipes them out, because they can do whatever they want without caring. But they're wasn't a deal going down, everyone was innocent. Then we meet Jerry Shaw with his problems. He comes home and a whole bunch of illegal guns and passports are in his room, then he gets a call from a woman. The woman tells him to leave before the police arrive. He is captured and interrogated by Billy Bob Thornton, who plays Tom Morgan. Jerry gets another call and he escapes. Meanwhile, we meet Rachel Holloman, who soon joins Jerry in the deadly game. If she doesn't do what she is told, her son will die. Throughout the movie, Jerry and Rachel are forced to evade the police and steal things. They find out that they are being forced by a super computer. Rachel's son is going to play music for the President, and he doesn't know that there is a deadly crystal in his instrument. Jerry and Rachel must stop it from happening by all means necessary. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, and Michael Chiklis all did an awesome job! If you love suspense and action, you'll love EAGLE EYE!!!
p.s. Happy New Year!!!
Movie Review: Entertaining but a little far fetched.
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Movie Review: Fun "Pop Corn" Flick
Summary: 4 Stars
Eagle Eye stars Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan as two people who have been "activated" after they answer their cell phones.
The person on the other end of the call gives them detailed instructions to follow. If they fail to obey, people will die. (People die because they obey but what can you do?)
Billy Bob Thornton stars as the FBI agent in charge of the manhunt for the two suspected terrorists.
What would you do if there was someone watching you at all times? If they had complete control of your cell phone, other's cell phones, pretty much any mechanical device...
These two are thrown together to play their own parts in a master plan of assassination.
Steven Spielberg acts as executive producer so you know this film will be sharp. There's something about all the films he's involved in that you can be confident they will be solid.
Eagle Eye is a fun Summer pop corn flick.