Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky

2015 · 102 min · EN · R · 7.0 (1,436 votes)
Dir. Gavin Hood · Starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Phoebe Fox · Music Paul Hepker

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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.

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This is a relentless, morally fraught experience, placing you directly into the agonizing ethical quagmire of modern warfare. It's a gripping, stress-inducing watch that dissects the cold calculus of life-or-death decisions from a distance, leaving you on edge with every escalating second.

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