Eagle Eye |  | Director: D.J. Caruso
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  196 reviews
Sales Rank: 3007
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 349264
UPC: 097363492641
EAN: 0097363492641
ASIN: B001L57ZYM
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 27, 2008
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Product Description
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 27-DEC-2008
Media Type: DVD
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The "cell phone thriller" is becoming a genre unto itself, and Eagle Eye should be considered a key example of the form. Frankly preposterous but compulsively watchable, this movie puts Shia LaBeouf in a mess of trouble instigated by a mysterious telephone voice. If he doesn't follow orders, dire things will happen--although when he does follow orders, the consequences are pretty dire, anyway. Also being blackmailed is a single mom (Michelle Monaghan) receiving similar phone calls. Why are they being jerked around by the purring female voice, and why is the road leading to Washington, D.C.? Actually, you won't have time to contemplate these questions, because director D.J. Caruso (who guided LaBeouf in Disturbia) keeps the action going at the customary breakneck pace. This is a wise move, because the real questions you'd likely be asking have to do with the plausibility of events on a minute-by-minute basis (most notably: how could Mysterious Phone Voice possibly know that the two pigeons would survive the hoops she makes them fly through, each one more death-defying than the last?). The actors tumble through this mayhem like scattering bowling pins, including Billy Bob Thornton and Rosario Dawson as government agents. Nobody has time to make much of an impression, and LaBeouf has much less room for puppydog charm than he did in Disturbia. Even that would be all right within the movie's berserk parameters, but the really irritating thing is the way the tacked-on final scenes reverse what would have been a heroic climax. No guts, no glory. --Robert Horton
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 It was ok. January 25, 2010
Brian Nallick (Mpls, MN)
If you think you're going to find the next "Indiana Jones" or "Bond" franchise with this movie you're going to be sorely disappointed.
It's not a bad film, just not a great film either.
It's from the same guy that gave us "Disturbia".
No wonder I didn't care for it.
The pluesses?
Acting, directing and story are all passable just not that memorable.
What was bad?
The acting, directing and story are passable.
There's nothing really bad about this movie.
It's a fast paced barn burner of an action movie.
It's watchable just nothing special or amazing that we haven't seen a million times before and done a million times better.
I'll go ahead and recommend this movie for a brainless popcorn rental.
Don't be surprised if you can't remember anything about this movie a week after watching it.
 Service was quick. January 9, 2010
Linda Rowlett
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received the movie quicker than was scheduled. The CD was new still in its wrapper. The movie is great!
Eagle Eye December 26, 2009
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Eagle Eye was a fun wild ride. It had action, and humor. The acting was especially very good. Shila Lebouf did an extremelly good job.
 People actually watch this? December 26, 2009
NJW (Montana)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is only the second time in my life I have come across a move that has been so terrible I felt compelled to warn others. If flashing lights and noise are all you need it may work for you. Utterly asinine and boring as hell. I actually could not sit through it. Wish I could put zero stars.
 It's watching! December 24, 2009
D. Roberts (Battle Creek, Michigan United States)
The concept of this movie is interesting. Take a movie like The Lives of Others. Now, instead of humans running the show, imagine if you will a giant supercomputer that is spying over all the denizens of the United States. It will do anything to preserve National Security - and what defines National Security is up to its own interpretation.
This is an AI film that follows in the footsteps of Colossus - The Forbin Project and War Games (25th Anniversary Edition). As such, it warns of the dangers of becoming too dependent on technology to maintain our way of life. To complicate matters further, the computer is endowed with the murky & anti-Constitutional power of Dubya's Patriot Act. That is to say, it feels that it is free to annihilate any person it sees as a threat to National Security. For this computer, a person's Miranda Rights are about as relevant as piccolos are to a marching band.
This is a well done adventure film that doesn't make much sense at first, but makes much more sense as the film moves along. For people who are die-hard advocates of the Patriot Act, it might (just MIGHT!) make them take pause.
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