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Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky

Drama · Thriller · War · 2015

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts 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.

Movie details

Eye in the Sky

“Welcome to the new front line”

2015 Drama · Thriller · War 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.3 / 10

95.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

95 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

73 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts 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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Eye in the Sky?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gavin Hood

Written by

Guy Hibbert

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Colonel Katherine Powell

Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul

Steve Watts

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Lieutenant General Frank Benson

Barkhad Abdi

Barkhad Abdi

Jama Farah

Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam

Brian Woodale

Phoebe Fox

Phoebe Fox

Carrie Gershon

A

Armaan Haggio

Musa Mo'Allim

Court is in session

Put Eye in the Sky on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.