Eye in the Sky FILM REVIEW
EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of US and British government, over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
***1/2 Stars
Eye in the Sky
Director: Gavin Hood
Screenplay by: Guy Hibbert
Starring: Helen Mirren, Aaaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Phoebe Fox
Rated R for some violent images and language
Running Time; 1 hour 42 minutes
Rating Scale:
***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Above Average
*** = Good **1/2 = Mediocre ** = Fair *1/2 = Poor * = Bad 1/2* = Abysmal
