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Rating: 8.5 stars

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All movies seen on 04/02/2017

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Eye in the Sky (2015)

Directed by Gavin Hood

War | Drama | Thriller

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Helen Mirren | Aaron Paul | Alan Rickman | Barkhad Abdi | Jeremy Northam | Phoebe Fox | Armaan Haggio | Aisha Takow | Monica Dolan | Richard McCabe | Babou Ceesay | John Heffernan | Michael O'Keefe | Laila Robins | Iain Glen | Faisa Hassan | Bob Chappell | Alex Gallafent | Carl Beukes | Kate Liquorish | Richard Stephenson | Gabriella Pinto | Tylan Wray | Hossain Dahir | Mondé Sibisi | Warren Masemola | Ahmed Mohamed Ali | Lemogang Tsipa | Paul Spaulding | Gavin Hood | Kenneth Fok | Zak Rowlands | Henry Pilime | Sammy Maina | Hassan Abdullah | Ebby Weyime | Vusi Kunene | Mohammed Ali Sahra | Chaltu Ahmed | Francis Chouler | Ed Suter | Roberto Kyle | Omar Abu Kadir | Kim Engelbrecht | James Alexander | Dileef Rahim | Robert Omache | Istar Takow | Bronson Mwangi | Lex King | Andrew Ahula | Hilowli Hassan | Abdi Mohamed Osman | Dek Hassan | Ali Mohamed | Ma Mohamed | Jessica Jones | Daniel Fox | Graham Hopkins | Sonia Esgueira | Mohamed Abdirahmaan | Mohamed Fidow | Sabrina Hassan Abdulle | Fatima Mohamed Mohamud | Timayare Shamso Hassan | Fowzia Dahir | Abdilatief Takow | Fatumo Sheknoor Ali | Hamdi Adam Shire | Thelma Mabina | Sandile Ntobla

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Very well done, though it stretches in places. One of the few modern war movies I’ve seen that works hard to present a nuanced situation where there are no right answers and everything done, or not done, has very real consequences. It also does a great job of presenting war as a complicated mix of military and political chains of command and decision making.

It was also great to see Barkhad Abdi from CAPTAIN PHILLIPS in another strong role. Interested to see what his part is in the new BLADERUNNER 2049 movie.

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