Eye in the Sky FILM REVIEW

EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) 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.

***1/2 Stars

Eye in the Sky

Director: Gavin Hood

Screenplay by: Guy Hibbert

Starring: Helen Mirren, Aaaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Phoebe Fox

Rated R for some violent images and language

Running Time; 1 hour 42 minutes

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Rating Scale:

***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Above Average

*** = Good **1/2 = Mediocre ** = Fair *1/2 = Poor * = Bad 1/2* = Abysmal