Director:D.J. Caruso
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan and Rosario Dawson
Genre: Action | Mystery | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 118 Mins
Tagline: "If you want to live you will obey "
I have no clue how to get into the films plot without ruining anything important. I will try to talk as much of it, but without giving out any important spoilers. Ok, so meet Jerry Shaw, an innocent man accused of terrorism. All this happens after they find an arsenal of weapons in his apartment. He has little option but to run away from authorities, he doesn’t know where the weapons came from, and no one seems to believe him. Aside that, he is being threatened and has to rely on a unknown voice coming from a cell phone. Included in this mess is another innocent woman, who I still don’t know her purpose, which is also being given instructions by the voice. If she doesn’t do what the voice says, her son will be killed in the train he is aboard. Both must work together to find who the voice is, why they have been chosen (or as this film calls them: Activated) and try to make it alive out of it all at the end.
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan and Rosario Dawson
Genre: Action | Mystery | Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 118 Mins
Tagline: "If you want to live you will obey "
Eagle Eye is by far the perfect example of the absurdities that come out of Hollywood. I just finished watching this preposterous film, which quite frankly, takes itself a bit too seriously. The funny thing is that this movie is actually entertaining; I couldn’t take my eyes of the screen, even if 98.9% of it was just idiotic. At times I even felt I was watching a Transformers movie, it was no different, and Shia is still running and screaming for his little life.
I have no clue how to get into the films plot without ruining anything important. I will try to talk as much of it, but without giving out any important spoilers. Ok, so meet Jerry Shaw, an innocent man accused of terrorism. All this happens after they find an arsenal of weapons in his apartment. He has little option but to run away from authorities, he doesn’t know where the weapons came from, and no one seems to believe him. Aside that, he is being threatened and has to rely on a unknown voice coming from a cell phone. Included in this mess is another innocent woman, who I still don’t know her purpose, which is also being given instructions by the voice. If she doesn’t do what the voice says, her son will be killed in the train he is aboard. Both must work together to find who the voice is, why they have been chosen (or as this film calls them: Activated) and try to make it alive out of it all at the end. 
The movie’s theme, which sounds “interesting”, is actually very silly. When you actually do find out the origin of the voice, you are left cheated and with a bad taste. Even if was entertaining, the movie fails to deliver anything realistic, I have a hard time believing that most of this would happen. I know very well this is purely fantasy, but the movie tries too hard to play realistically, when in the end it’s just purely science fiction. The story copies from a dozen other films, better films might I say. I wont say from what movies it copies, because if i give out the names it might actually give away the supposed “Twist”. I can’t recommend this movie, and if I do its just for the sake of entertainment. You won’t get bored, I assure you that. Even if it clocks in at almost 2 hours, the explosions, and car flips will make you forget the unrealistic plot. So if you want crazy, almost Michael Bay, with crazy conspiracy plot that lead nowhere, then look no further, this is for you.
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