Oct 04 2008
Eagle Eye
Shia LaBeouf is very intense in this action thriller. He was so much better in Eagle Eye than he was in that Indiana Jones ripoff! He’s a very talented actor a who is coming into his own. There is good chemistry with his leading lady—Michelle Monaghan. She has a very familiar look, but I can’t place her.
The movie itself starts off on fire! Chasing, escaping, running, hiding! Action packed, car chasing, car wrecking, and a commanding voice controlling all the action! You don’t know who the voice is or who the voice works for and it totally works, it’s totally compelling! Although I now know who the actual voice was…
Billy Bob Thornton does a good job pulling off the FBI agent tough guy.
The technology is close enough for it to all be very believable.
As good as the movie started I thought it ended quite predictably. It’s been done so many times before. On top of it, the sour note came as they preached to us—Shut up! I’m not interested in your trite preachy political mantra!
The idea and plot of the last Bruce Willis Die Hard movie, Live Free or Die Hard, was much better than Eagle Eye. Eagle Eye was entertaining and exciting I will give you that, but…
—iChef Cinema
