A brilliantly constructed drama-thriller on drone attack and an equally great casting makes Eye in the Sky a must watch.
Helen Mirren as the Colonel ready to attack a terrorist group (Al Shabhaha with obvious alias to Boko Haram) safe house in Kenya, Alan Rickman as the head of military waiting to get through with the orders and the familial ordeal of bureaucracy administration and Aaron Paul as the drone guider, form a competitive group to decide fate of a terrorist attack while debating the legalities and the systemic procedure. Movies like these evoke thoughts on whether the modern warfare is indeed a solution or a bane to tackle such situations.
Eye in the Sky derives its strength from being a thriller that is able to sustain the suspense and what next feeling in the viewer without over hyping and histrionics and at the same time throwing the debate of morality of drone warfare and spying wide open.
Gavin Hood's coming of age movie as a director usurps some deep-under the carpet issues out to the open while giving the viewers bang for their bucks.
****/5
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