Overview:
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.Status: | Released (2015-09-07) |
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Awards: | 3 wins & 10 nominations |
BoxOffice: | $18,704,595 |
Screen: | Guy Hibbert |
Productions: | Raindog Films, Entertainment One Features |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | Somali, English |
Casts
- 15735: Helen Mirren - Colonel Katherine Powell
- 84497: Aaron Paul - Steve Watts
- 4566: Alan Rickman - Lieutenant General Frank Benson
- 1261694: Barkhad Abdi - Jama Farah
- 18325: Jeremy Northam - Brian Woodale
- 1320609: Phoebe Fox - Carrie Gershon
- 2100992: Armaan Haggio - Musa Mo'Allim
Crews
- 13079: Gavin Hood - Director - Directing
- 1486911: Ged Doherty - Producer - Production
- 5472: Colin Firth - Producer - Production
- 60864: David Lancaster - Producer - Production
- 24217: Haris Zambarloukos - Director of Photography - Camera
- 13085: Megan Gill - Editor - Editing
- 3965: Deborah Aquila - Casting - Production
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Reviews
Reno
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> The modern warfare, and its advantages as well as drawbacks. A new kind of war. When everyone is worried about robots might take over our jobs, it meant military as well. There was not robots in this, but a war fought from a safe distance and soldiers don't have to be physically ....
Continue reading ->DanDare
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Eye in the Sky wants to explore the question of drone warfare. An operation to capture a terrorist cell in Kenya. Helen Mirren plays Colonel who is rather gung ho and wants to take out the bad guys before they do more harm. Aaron Paul is a drone pilot who is dithering because o ....
Continue reading ->Jack
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I was looking for a film to watch. Being a big Helen Mirren fan, I decided to give this one a go. What a great choice it was! The fact that the entire film is in real time, meaning we watch the event as they unfold in real time, makes it a true edge-of-the-seat stuff. Acting was n ....
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