Eagle Eye (2008)

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The film Eagle Eye advertised itself as an action/adventure film with an aspect of government intrigue ("Big Brother is watching"). While the film definitely delivers in the action department, there really isn't much else to it.The basic plot of the film centers on two ordinary people who are suddenly "activated" as terrorists and must flee for there lives while only taking messages from all the electronic devices around them (cell phones, billboards, streaming text lines, LED signs, etc.). As they continue to flee, they eventually figure out what is happening to them and begin hatching a plan to stop it.The reason why this movie fails, though, is that is doesn't focuses on the dramatic elements that are actually interesting. Without giving any spoilers, the film would have been much better served focusing on two areas: 1. The technology behind why the two U.S. citizens are "activated" in the first place; and 2. The relationship between the two lead characters played by Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan.Instead, however, this film is little more than one pulse-pounding action sequence after another with just enough (but much too little) exposition to move the plot forward to the next crazy chase scene. Plus, the focus of the film seemed to be on the fact that the two citizens can be communicated with or found by any electronic device. However, it covered much of the same territory that Will Smith and Gene Hackman did in Enemy of the State a decade ago. There wasn't enough new material to really hook me into this plot thread.Thus, if you a huge fan of non-stop action in films, you will love this film. If you need some character and plot development to keep your interest, though, then skip this movie, as you will just be disappointed.

I mean dude, like common, there should be some moderation in exaggerating your plot, if you are not intending to make a comedy movie.I mean listening to a digital (recorded) voice that knows answer to all Your questions and have the answers and protocol of all odds, is that aliens we are dealing with? I mean oh my goodness! The leading roles transformation was not any less exaggerated! From a student to a top notch professional who had extreme experience in handling the guns and... eyes rolling up!I Didn't even got a chance to pay attention to acting and performances!I guess the performance were not as bad as the story line. Also I give some credits to the camera as it created a semi- exciting movie.

Eagle Eye is really a very fun and entertaining film! Shia and Michelle were great in the lead roles! And billy bob Thornton was good in his supporting role too. The action scenes were really fun and exciting and they weren't crowded or anything. Also the plot and the script were well constructed, now it isn't the most original thing in the whole world, but i don't really think it needed to be. If you are looking for a fun, exciting, action packed, well written film to enjoy on a Saturday or Friday night, then this movie is for you my friend. It has all the things that make a successful action movie great! Not sure why the film critics were so darn harsh with it, rotten tomatoes only gave it a 26% out of 100, c'mon it deserves a lot more than that! Eagle Eye gets a 9/10, not quite perfect, but almost. Oh and a shout out to Julianne Moore, we only get to hear her in This movie.

Why can't people write good scripts anymore? In watching this (I was sorry I was watching it) all I could think is this all these people can come up with - completely unbelievable car chases, plot that makes absolutely no sense, technology uses that make absolutely no sense and I could go on. Anyway I won't be wasting my time actually watching this piece of crap all the way through. Life is too short for that. Hollywood - write a good script and bring us something that is believable. If I want fantasy I will rent Shrek. At least it had a good script.