The laudable, explicit message is that in the interest of protecting our civil liberties we're allowing our governments to adopt procedures and enact laws that erode and restrict them. It's an amalgam of the HAL-computer aspect of Kubrick's 2001, The Man Who Knew Too Much and The Manchurian Candidate (LaBeouf is even called Shaw, the name of the manipulated assassin played by Laurence Harvey). Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. Thrown into the company of a similarly manipulated single mother (Michelle Monaghan), and constantly given orders, he's propelled towards Washington and involvement in a presidential assassination. Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Everywhere he goes he's under the all-seeing eye of some God-like figure. S ecurity, in this case of a national kind, is also at the centre of DJ Carusos Eagle Eye, a high-tech thriller devoted to the pursuit of MFI. The plot turns upon a college dropout (Shia LaBeouf) returning to his Chicago home for the funeral of his twin brother, a brilliant Air Force Academy graduate with a top job at the Pentagon, being framed as a terrorist and then pursued by FBI agent Billy Bob Thornton. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger.
Confused? That's OK, because it's a muddled plot.Security, in this case of a national kind, is also at the centre of DJ Caruso's Eagle Eye, a high-tech thriller devoted to the pursuit of MFI (Maximum Feasible Incredibility) and produced by Steven Spielberg, though one wonders whether he read the script or merely a three-line synopsis. Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met.
Let's just say the terrorist mastermind is akin to a 21st-century HAL with a constitutional-law obsession. That's rarely a good thing, and in this case, the many twists turn one too many times, ending up in the realm of the completely ludicrous. The problem is that, unlike Bay's so-easy-a-caveman-could-follow-it scripts, Eagle Eye was written by four screenwriters. Caruso channels his inner Michael Bay to fill this thriller with as many huge explosions as possible. First Christian Church of North Hollywood - 4390 Colfax Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA. (As Chicago: Black Cayenne nighttime car chase through city with Jerry and Rachel.) 3 of 3 found this interesting. A mysterious voice forces two strangers, Jerry and Rachel, to cooperate in a series of dangerous tasks involving technology and terrorism. További cikkek mutatása Megosztom Facebookon Szerkeszd te is a Port.hu-t. Showing all 99 items Jump to: Release Dates (56) Also Known As (AKA) (43) Release Dates USA 16 September 2008 (Hollywood, California) (premiere) USA 19 September 2008 (Austin Fantastic Fest). All are notable actors, but their characters are two-dimensional stereotypes at best.ĭirector D.J. 831 Francisco St, Los Angeles, California, USA. Értékelés: 472 szavazatból Szerinted 201 hozzászólás. In addition to Thornton and Dawson, Michael Chiklis adds gravitas as the Secretary of Defense, and Anthony Mackie handsomely fills an Army uniform for the last third of the action. Meanwhile, the impressive supporting cast doesn't have much to do except look surprised and angry. A thriller about two strangers who are controlled by a mysterious caller and become fugitives. He and Monaghan don't create sparks a la Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in Speed, but they're likable enough as strangers literally thrown together who can't figure out what in the world is happening to them. Shia LaBeouf!" That's the perfect way to explain the curly haired leading man's "ordinary guy" charm. In an episode of The Simpsons, Homer says "I'm going for the Shia LaBeouf thing. (94) Cast Shia Labeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton. There's often too much going on in this movie - though Shia LaBeouf definitely does his thing as the wise-cracking Jerry.