nicholls_les
Not a bad film if you have a couple of hours to kill. It moves at a good pace and the acting is very good. However as others have said there are just too many holes in the plot to make it believable. 1. A super computer that seems to instantly overcome any security system anywhere, including airports, the Police, utility companies and the FBI would not need a human to overcome a security protocol. 2. Identical twins do not share bio-metrics or voice patterns. 3. Since the exploding crystal and trigger were going to get to where the president was, what was the need to the twins bio-metrics anyway? 4. A Super computer would have worked out it's own mistake in seeing the president and his staff as a threat to national security.Apart from that I enjoyed it! :)
LeonLouisRicci
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.
lewiskendell
Eagle Eye is a techno-thriller that is only half successful. The technology is present, but the thrills are undeniably absent. No amount of fancy-looking computers, chase scenes, and creepy voices from cell phones can make up for a soulless story.I was really excited about Eagle Eye when I saw the trailer for it last year, but for some reason I never went to the theatre to see it. I love Michelle Monaghan, and Shia LaBeouf seemed like he would be well- suited for this kind of movie. Well, now that I have seen it, I feel fortunate that I watched it in my own home for free instead of paying good money to be disappointed. How can a movie with this much action be, well, boring?The biggest problem with Eagle Eye is that the viewer is never given a reason to be invested in the story. You see Shia go to his brother's funeral at the very beginning of the movie, and then there is maybe two minutes dedicated to Michelle and her son. And then after that, we are supposed to be willing to accept that they would go through all of this for those reasons. It doesn't work. I was never convinced that I should care about what was happening. All the action in the world will not help a movie if it can not make that basic connection between the characters and the audience.As for the plot, it was so unoriginal and implausible that it warrants little mention. It certainly did not make the movie any more interesting. This kind of thing has been seen much too often, and I am a little surprised that the filmmakers would think that it would be sufficient. I will admit that a few of the set-pieces were cool, but there was nothing amazing or new. This could have been a made-for-TV movie with a much smaller budget and cheaper actors, and it would have been just as effective. It is not that Eagle Eye is bad, per se, it just doesn't offer anything to justify being made. Or bought.
Adam Peters
(37%) A piece made entirely for the average opening weekend cinema goer. The type of person who decides what film to go and watch by the billboard they just drove past, or a 10 second TV spot. Someone who thinks that the critics are way too harsh with the "awesome" transformers movies. The type of person who are far more interested in the popcorn and fizzy drink combo than the actual film itself. People who just want a big bang for every one of their bucks. Folk who always between the "boring talky bits" check their text messages and distract everyone around them with the annoying glow from their phone's screen. And quite frankly if that's you in a nutshell then this is a good watch. In fact you might even deem it awesome, but if that's the case then you likely paid with your ticket using pocket money. With a fair bit of Will Smith's "Enemy of the state" this is a movie most high school students would alter Hitchcock's entire back-catalogue to be more like, ie take out character depth, almost all the tension, subtlety, and just hand over all the action by the bargain bucket load. While this does roll along at a fair old speed, is very watchable, and isn't really what I'd call even near to being terrible, but it still couldn't be more of a hollow, overly produced, and very silly experience even if it tried.
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