Eagle Eye is fast-paced with great performances, good editing, directing, e.c.t, the plot is over the top, but so what?! There's a few annoying scenes, one is when Shia LaBeouf's character is at work talking about things that are none of his business - like his co-worker's girlfriend and sex life (dude keep your mouth shut and play cards) second scene is when he's trying to flirt with some girl on the train (please, like she is just going to call some random guy who could be a serial rapist for all she knows), third scene is a little bit later on in the movie when he is sounding like a nagging 90 year old husband telling the woman how to drive (when you watch that high speed car chase scene, the lady is doing a damn good job! and the dude is complaining about "clutching before shifting" or whatever the hell it is, what does it matter at this point, dude?! the talking computer is already instructing to run a red light or whatever, the car is not stopping, you're getting away from the cops, you ain't the one driving, so keep quiet!).As the film goes on we see the relationship between the two main characters, the majority of the time they're at each other's throats and the lady starts running her mouth judging his twin brother (who is deceased and was in the military) while not stopping to think that her son (who is playing an instrument at The White House or wherever it is) could possibly be connected to the current situation.Eagle Eye is a thrill ride that doesn't stop, the characters are constantly on the move trying to obey a damn machine, when you watch this flick for the first time - you don't realise that it's a computer until it's revealed (so there's your plot twist!) There is another twist, but it isn't that exciting or shocking.If you have a list of conspiracy thrillers that you need to watch, add this one.

Not Big on Ideas, but its Central Thesis is certainly a Big Idea. So Big in Fact that it has become a Cliché of Modern Paranoia. With its Roots in many a Sci-Fi Books and Cinema. Here in the form of a Super Computer, the Thesis is Technology Run Amok. The Story is Told so many times because it is Compelling, Scary, and can be Found in the Headlines. Almost.This is a Big Budget, Over Baked, Simplified Version of said Events that is Light on Philosophy and Heavy-Handed on just about Everything Else. The Cast is Better than the Script that is Outrageously Over-Done on all levels. From the Get-Go Suspension of Disbelief has Trouble Taking Hold.But, No Worries. The Pace is Fast and Frantic, the SFX Outstanding, and the Screen is Frame-Filled with High-Tech, Explosions, Car Crashes, and Mayhem Beyond Belief. It Actually has the Opposite Effect of its Intent. It is made to make You Think, but it acts more like a Comatose Inducement. The Mind Numbs and Thinking is Optional, in Fact it is Not Recommended.Overall, it's Popcorn Paranoia. Worth a Watch for its Entertainment Value and Slick Production, made for Drones and the Dumbed Down, but Despite the Weight of this Glossy Thing, the Message somehow makes it Point. Again, just to Remind Us that the Implication of the Thesis is Not Going Away anytime soon.

The film is well crafted and the narrative style complements the story. As the audience is also somewhat left in the dark as to what is happening, it helps us engage more into the lives of the characters of Shaw and Holloway. This makes the audience sympathize with them, since we get quite a bit of background information from both, and they connect through necessity. LaBeouf and Monaghan do a good job with their characters. LaBeouf plays both Jerry Shaw and the twin, and I guess there is a bit of distinction between the two characters. We don't see enough of the twin, but he did sufficiently well in separating the personality of the two characters. Monaghan plays the worried and loving mother well, though this gender stereotype with the woman having the child, and the man being a lone wolf is getting tiresome. The action and visual effects are great in this. The movie is quite fast-paced and slows at times, but is overall very engaging. The chase scenes are exciting and some even nerve-wrecking. Cinematography and editing make these scenes more intense, as for example, we are in the car when a crash happens which gives the impression that we are in the crash and makes us tense up. The story is pretty original, putting a little twist in the rise and fall of humanity and the relationship with technology. However, there is some ideological patriotism going on, and I guess they needed the military input to generate the story, but it could be done differently too. This just makes it another movie about saving the country, i.e. America.Overall, an exciting film with great action, acting and a intriguing story. Read more movie reviews at: championangels.wordpress.com

Eagle Eye is a high tech concept thriller. Shia LaBeouf finds out that his identical twin brother has died. After the funeral he discovers money has been deposited in his account, bomb making material in his apartment and a mysterious woman phones him that the police are on their way to arrest him.Michelle Monaghan plays a single mom whose son is off to play a concert in Washington also receives a phone call from the same woman and she is also coerced to follow instructions or her son will be killed.The film is a preposterous techno thriller of a military supercomputer out of control which can dominate things not even on the grid including power lines (although technically that is on the grid!)Eagle Eye was at one time slated to be directed by Steven Spielberg and is inspired by an Isaac Asimov story. I guess Spielberg felt that the screenplay was never going to meet with his standards. Director DJ Caruso keeps at the film moving at a frenetic place so you never realise how implausible the film is. However there is little chemistry between Monaghan and LaBeouf and you get a feeling that many good actors are wasted.