 
Eagle EyeMPAA Rating:
 for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.Reviewed by: Thaisha Geiger Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Adults, Teens
Genre:
Thriller, Drama
Length:
1 hr. 58 min.
Year of Release:
2008
USA Release:
September 26, 2008 (wide - 3,300 theaters)
 
Relevant Issues
Fear, Anxiety and Worry… What does the Bible say? Answer  Are you good enough to get to Heaven? Answer How good is good enough? Answer
“If you want to live you will obey” “Eagle Eye” is the kind of movie that will appeal to the crowd who loves loud noise and action. Indeed, this movie has a lot of action, twists, and turns. If you are this kind of viewer, you’ll love this movie. However, if you’re the kind who loves to analyze and try to guess the next twist, you might be disappointed when the movie’s conspirator is revealed and then leaps off the cliff of absurdity. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is the typical hot-headed youngster who refuses to conform to his family’s expectations. Never wanting to go to Stanford, he became a loner, traveling the world before settling as a copy assistant at a Kinko-like store. Although he struggles with money, his pride refuses to ask his parents for help. He only returns home when he receives news that his twin brother, a U.S. servicemember, died in a car wreck. Upon his return from his brother’s funeral, Jerry becomes shocked at what has been delivered to his apartment. Guns, bombs, ammunition, and all kinds of instructional manuals are stacked throughout the dwelling. Almost immediately, he receives a call from a mysterious female, informing him that he has been activated, and the FBI will raid his apartment in approximately thirty seconds. Ignoring the warning, he is arrested and detained. Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) is a single mother whose joy is only completed by her son, Sam. Sam is a trumpet player in his school band. When the band gets invited to perform for the President, Rachel reluctantly kisses her son goodbye at the train station. Afterwards, she goes out with her girlfriends for some drinks. Believing Sam is calling her, Rachel quickly goes outside to answer the call. To her horror, the same mysterious female now tells Rachel she has been activated. If she wants her son alive, she needs to get inside a parked car and drive. After the unknown female plots his escape, Jerry enters the car with Rachel. They both find out that the same woman has called them. After trying to escape her multiple times, Rachel and Jerry feel helpless, since the mysterious woman seems to know their every step and conversation. If one watches the theatrical trailer, the basic plot is shown in its entirety. Rachel and Jerry are part of a much bigger conspiracy. Zoe Perez (Rosario Dawson) and Agent Thomas Morgan (Billy Bob Thornton) try to track down Rachel and Jerry and solve the mystery surrounding his brother’s death. What keeps you hanging on is finding out the identity of the woman. How can she see their every move? Who or what is she? Whoever she is, she is able to control traffic lights, stranger’s cell phones, vehicles, conveyor belts, and even cranes. Even when Rachel and Jerry are literally running, she is able to quickly communicate directions to them through electric signs or even through a GPS system. With each scene, I felt the movie became more and more far-fetched. Her abilities knew almost no boundaries. In one scene, they are in the middle of nowhere, she still is able to see them. Once I found out her identity, the movie went downhill. To enjoy this movie, audiences should not think too deeply. If one thinks too much, unanswered questions begin to emerge. If she wanted Jerry’s help, why did she frame him? Framing him was a bad idea, since it made the FBI aware and caused them to track his movements. After enduring long drives, walks, and gunfire, it turns out the woman wanted them to board a plane. If she is all-knowing, why couldn’t she just have hijacked the plane for them to immediately use? Offensive ContentThis movie is quite heavy in its violence. There are plenty of car chases, crashes, explosions, and gunfire. After refusing to cooperate any longer with the female terrorist, a man is electrocuted by electric wires. In a later scene, it shows his burnt thumb up close when it is scanned. Two characters get shot. While the movie was loud and chaotic at times, I did not feel the violence was overly offensive. The movie’s main offense comes from all the profanity. In all, I counted 43 uses. Jesus and the Lord’s name are said in vain about 10 times. There were about 7 GDs and two uses of the ‘f’ word. The sexual content is rather mild, and these offenses are all within the dialogue near the beginning. While drinking with her friends, Rachel asks her friends who has gotten a booty call or has gotten lucky. During a game of poker, Jerry entices a player to keep playing in the chance of winning more money. If the player wins more money, then he, too, might get lucky. Jerry uses the phrase to “pull a d—k.” Jerry asks the female conspirator who she was. She then instructs him and Rachel to enter an electronics store. She reveals herself by putting all of Jerry’s personal information, photos, IM chats, Web searches, and videos on multiple screens. She then goes about telling Jerry all about his life, shaming him. She shows her limitation by revealing that she had pulled the videos from his dead brother’s laptop. The almighty Lord is omnipotent and all-knowing. While this film’s imaginary idea of a female tracker was limited to networks, all of our actions, whether good or bad are being watched by God. Any actions behind closed doors or any shrouded Web searches are still in God’s knowing. In Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote “for God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” [Are you going to Heaven? Are you SURE you know the answer this extremely important question? Or have you made some common wrong assumptions? Find out now!…
Are you good enough to get to Heaven? Answer] The gaping plot holes might be overlooked by audiences who love some action on the big screen. I felt that the first thirty minutes were intriguing and left me wondering who was behind the enormous conspiracy. After learning the “secret,” the movie went straight into a silly, eye-rolling action flick. I am sure that this movie would have been a small release, if it did not have big names attached to it. I suggest you wait until it comes out on DVD. Violence: Heavy / Profanity: Heavy / Sex/Nudity: Mild   Positive
Positive - Excellent plot, incredible pacing, directing, acting--it's all there. Positive - I was so excited to see this movie the day it came to theaters, being as I love thrillers. This movie was amazing! If you love thrillers go see this flick. The stunts and action in it were done very well. Morally, there is a 'moderate' amount of language in it, being as it is rated PG-13, but it is not over the top on the language content. There is also many action scenes, such as cars flying every which way and buildings and other things falling down, but not much blood and guts. In fact there is one scene I believe that shows a man's body that has been killed by an electrical accident, but it is only for a brief instant being as the detectives had to investigate it. And one scene where the main F.B.I agent has been hurt in an automobile accident and is bleeding a bit from the side, but overall the gore was very minimal in my opinion for a thriller and for the rating. The storyline was very interesting and kept you on the edge of your seat wondering what was going to happen next. Shia Lebeouf and Michelle Monaghan did an outstanding performance, which I do believe should win some awards for, especially by Lebeouf. So go see this if you love action/thrillers! Neutral
Neutral - This movie was way too long. The special effects were not that good. When there was some type of collision the film was just a bunch of junk to look at, it was silly, you could not make out anything and then they would flash to the scene of the wreck or catastrophe. It was entertaining a bit and the acting was good for what they were trying to portray, but I could have passed this one. Like I said, it was way too long. No sex, some cussing, no nudity. The plot was a let down to me. Negative
None Yet Comments from young people
Positive - I loved this from beginning to end. Of course it isn't realistic, what do you expect from a movie about a mysterious voice who can see everything? The acting is great and the plot kept me guessing. I'd recommend it for thirteen and up. Great movie! Positive - I absolutely loved this movie! I loved the story line and I am happy that they chose Shia to be the main character. My only negative is all the language! It still would have been a good movie without the cursing. Over all, it was an awesome movie, and it is definitely one of my favorites. Positive - I really enjoyed seeing this movie. It was well done and had a good, exciting story line. The only drawback is the basis of the entire story is extremely similar to that of iRobot with Will Smith, where a computer has gone bad, although supposedly within its bounds -- just finding a loophole of sorts through its programming. This was very much the same, but I still thought Eagle Eye had its own unique story. Shia is a great actor and he did an excellent job I thought, along with most of the other characters. Positive - I loved it! The only possible offensive stuff was the language and the violence. The violence was about a six on a scale of ten. Other than the language though it was an amazing movie! Neutral - First, before I tell you the movie lets go over the positives and negatives. Positive - I really thought this movie had some good details to it. It was very much like iRobot as one person put it, but I loved it anyways. In the world now days there are some awful movies. I really appreciated this one in the fact that it wasn't about that junk. It had hardly any cursing and I really didn't even think that the 'violence' as some people put it was bad. Shia did a terrific job at being an adorable hero. I never thought of him in that way before but his role and the way he played it made you fall in love with him. The only thing that made you go 'Ew' was when a man got burned and they were trying to get his finger print and they showed his burnt thumb, but only for a brief second. This movie was really great I thought, and I would recommend it to someone who wants to see a great movie. Positive - This movie was fantastic! |
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