As well as being the most preposterously plotted action flick of this or any year, Eagle Eye is a prime example of technophobia at its most hypocritical.
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10/17/08
Eagle Eye (2008)
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Reviews Counted:169
Fresh:47
Rotten:122
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Sep 25, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $101,111,837
Synopsis: D.J. Caruso (TAKING LIVES, DISTURBIA) directs this tale of intrigue that utilizes technology as a character. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a slacker who works at Copy Cabana--until he returns home... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis
Director: D.J. Caruso
Reviews for Eagle Eye
41 - 60 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
A fun techno romp, mixing great bang for your buck with insights into the dangers of restricting civil liberties. Now, anyone for Shia killing blondes dressed as his dead mother?
10/17/08
Top CriticThis numbskull knock-off of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Enemy of the State has the unlikely effect of making Tony Scott look like Alfred Hitchcock.
10/17/08
It’s not bad and it ticks all the boxes but somehow it doesn’t quite come off – but I can’t you explain why.
10/17/08
This has to be the dumbest and most implausible action movie of the year.
10/17/08
The plot is totally nonsensical but is played at such a thrilling pace that it barely matters.
10/17/08
Portentous nonsense, and loud with it.
10/17/08
But do we care? This is a disastrous mess.
10/17/08
Enjoyable, fast-paced thriller that compensates for its increasingly ridiculous plot with strong performances, great direction and some terrific action sequences.
10/16/08
The 1984 nightmare has been bolted to 2001 (as in Space Odyssey) to make one of the better action thrillers of 2008
10/16/08
Rarely has a film been so serious in its underlying implications and intent, and yet so moronic in its execution.
10/15/08
Even though the political, big-brother-is-watching, conspiratorial aspect of the film tries much too hard, the fast and furious pace of Eagle Eye makes for an entertaining time.
10/13/08
A big, happily implausible blockbuster action movie, and on that level it totally succeeds.
10/12/08
Eagle Eye is a mediocre attempt at suspense that manages to lose all of its dramatic weight at the exact moment it drops its heaviest truths.
10/10/08
Surprisingly flatlines less than it should . . . But 90 minutes after its intriguing opening, Eagle Eye zooms beyond its reassurance that, hey, basically everything's OK post-Patriot Act, folks, to resurrect a Hollywood happy ending from the dead.
10/09/08
A B-movie with higher pretensions, Eagle Eye works best when it concentrates on action.
10/08/08
The concept is beyond ridiculous, the execution beneath inept...
10/08/08
Eagle Eye's simplistic and colorful contrivance is oddly refreshing in its preposterous exuberance...a transparent treat at best. Thoroughly rollicking and roguish...
10/07/08
Here's a movie line I never thought I'd live to hear: "Somebody is hacking into the automated cranes!" With a line like that, don't look for Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in the credits.
10/07/08
Keeps our attention all the way through, even as the plot gets increasingly preposterous
10/05/08
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January 07, 2009:
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The 35th annual People's Choice Awards were handed out on January 7, 2009. A complete list of film nominees, with winners in bold, follows below. More...
January 03, 2009:
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December 22, 2008:
RT on DVD: LaBeouf It Up With An Eagle Eye Christmas!
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October 26, 2008:
InLimerick: Text messengers beware, in this wireless espionage romp where Frankenstein is a female, and where Billy Bob gets the best line: I'm not going down in history as the asshole who let this happen.
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