Eagle Eye (2008)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2008
	Director: D.J. Caruso (I am Number Four)
	Actors: Shia LaBeouf (Transformers 1-3), Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Due Date), Rosario Dawson (Death Proof, Clerks 2), Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo TV-series)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 25.01.15, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: After his twin brother's death, Jerry Shaw (LaBoeuf) gets mixed-up in a terrorist plot. Both him and Rachel (Monaghan) will be pursued by FBI agent Morgan (Thornton) and Air Force Officer Zoe Perez (Dawson).
Review: Looking for something easy to watch, I found this Eagle Eye on Netflix, with a topic and cover similar to the ones of Enemy of the State, and as it turned out some similarities with I, Robot as well. Actually the topic seems trendy those days as it also shows in X-men: Days of Future Past and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It is indeed what is called a SF-thriller or techno-thriller, although I cannot find a translation for the more accurate French description of "thriller d'anticipation", meaning that the movie takes place in the near future and involves technology that is apparently within our reach. The story is actually more interesting than I would have expected, and the movie contains two car chases (at 1/4 and 3/4 of its length) that are pretty intense and impressive. Too bad I could see them only in Standard Definition. The actors are not too bad, one can recognize in Shia LaBoeuf  the same style of nervous kid he has in the Transformers franchise (and actually ever since Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle) and Rosario Dawson and Billy Bob Thornton play something different from usual. But then the storytelling is a bit too easy-going: showing us TV news to summarize what is going on, or having the actors monologue to do so... this could have been done more cleverly.
Rating: 5 /10