Eagle Eye (2008) Rank 2 Reviews

Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)

Que filminho estúpido. E divertido. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)

Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)

How [do] these actors manage to slog through this awful script and its deteriorating-by-the-minute premise and still deliver their lines with a straight face. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)

7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)

A film like Eagle Eye can be an escape. Just don't try to think your way through it, or you might suffer a brain hemorrhage. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)

filmcritic.com (David Thomas)

a likable paranoid fantasy that will handily kill a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon... before disappearing into the endless data stream it depicts with such apprehension. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at filmcritic.com (David Thomas)

Boxoffice Magazine (Amy Nicholson)

You can't help thinking that if Hitchcock were inspired by today's privacy meltdown, he'd need only a quarter of the explosions to leave us shattered. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Amy Nicholson)

ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)

Take one or two good ideas and add a lot of political thriller clichés and you end up with a disappointingly predictable action movie that doesn't necessarily deliver on the promised goods. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)

Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)

The more that's revealed about the forces at work on Jerry and Rachel, the less interesting the plot becomes. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)

Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)

The fever-pitch paranoia of this terrorist thriller, the seizure-inducing editing, the dense layers slapped on a fairly simple plot all point to a kind of overkill that only Hollywood money can buy. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)

Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)

Good, manic fun plus a heavy dose of political intrigue adding up to two hours of clamorous, mind-numbing nonsense. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)

Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)

exploits paranoia about the invasion of personal privacy by technology with an entertaining action fantasy that pushes all the right buttons ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)

EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)

D.J. Caruso's skills (and those of his eager and competent cast) would be better used in a less ludicrous, more plausible story. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)

Emanuel Levy

Lagging behind the zeitgeist in terms of technology, politics, and ideas, D.J. Caruso's "Eagle Eye" is a generic film not only in title but also in narrative and characterization. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Emanuel Levy

Can Magazine (Fred Topel)

Eagle Eye wants to be a modern day North by Northwest. Instead it has to settle for being a slightly higher tech Die Hard with a Vengeance. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Can Magazine (Fred Topel)

Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)

The action sequences are frequent and frenetic, and Caruso bathes every scene in a high-tech sheen to cover the gaping leaps in illogic. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)

Slate (Josh Levin)

Eagle Eye feels less like a vehicle for an action hero than the latest in a series of national focus groups to determine LaBeouf's commercial viability. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Slate (Josh Levin)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

The word 'preposterous' is too moderate to describe Eagle Eye. This film contains not a single plausible moment after the opening sequence, and that's borderline. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)

Caruso and Spielberg probably thought they were reviving the paranoid style of 70s political thrillers, but their story is so implausible it barely provokes a tremor. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)

Toronto Star (Peter Howell)

It all wears very thin by the third act, when The Voice really starts to grate and all remaining sense slams into a brick wall. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

This cautionary tale about the perils of technology might seem more sincere if the movie ever stopped trying to indoctrinate us into being good consumers with its incessant product placement... ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)

If you have a taste for this sort of nonsense, then all this hyper-implausibility is actually kind of fun. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)

Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)

The situation is anything but average, but [LaBeouf and Monaghan] two stars ground the adventure just enough to make the film into an enjoyable diversion. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)

Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

Eagle Eye wants to be a little on the sci-fi side, but it's mostly just badly plotted and executed. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)

Set in the present, and directed by a middling talent, Eagle Eye still has some entertainment value. But only if youâ��re looking for a good laugh. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)

Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)

Disturbia team shows it can steal from a variety of sources -- not just Hitchcock -- in this laughably convoluted thriller about Big Brother run amok. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)

Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

A ridiculous wrongly-accused-guy-on-the-run thriller. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

As the absurd contrivances mount, and the omnipotence of the shadowy conspiracy becomes more and more hard to buy into, the movie loses its footing. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

New York Post (Kyle Smith)

There are lots of new wrinkles to ponder about American surveillance, but it seems that all the writers have surveilled is HBO. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)

Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)

Eagle Eye is big, loud and expensive, but it's not particularly entertaining. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)

Washington Times (Christian Toto)

Eagle Eye requires blind faith in its silly storyline ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Washington Times (Christian Toto)

Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)

The chase eventually wears thin, and Eagle Eye eventually strangles its actors in the threads of its plot. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)

Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)

The story goes from being a paranoid post-9/11 nightmare to being a goofy piece of sci-fi junk. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)

At the Movies (Australia) (David Stratton)

We're told that the idea for Eagle Eye came from executive producer Steven Spielberg, but it's not a very original idea and it's no surprise that Spielberg didn't want to direct it himself... ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at At the Movies (Australia) (David Stratton)

WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (Kevin McCarthy)

I was waiting for Will Smith to pop up in this sequel to Enemy of The State, which was extremely far-fetched but still deliver pretty decent entertainment. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (Kevin McCarthy)

Triple j (Marc Fennell)

Without giving anything away, let's just say that the ending of Eagle Eye is about as subtle as being impaled to death by an American flag. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Triple j (Marc Fennell)

KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)

Futuristic cautionary tale about the misuse of high technology. Did you realize that today, right now, gizmos make it possible to hack out a movie script while flipping from Enemy of the State to 2001 to North by Northwest? ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)

Herald Sun (Australia) (Leigh Paatsch)

This big, bone-headed and unintentionally laughable techno-fear thriller is a movie in one hell of a hurry. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Herald Sun (Australia) (Leigh Paatsch)

NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)

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. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)

The Scorecard Review (Jeff Bayer)

It's a poor man's 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Fugitive. I actually feel a little dirty naming those two when talking about this one. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at The Scorecard Review (Jeff Bayer)

One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)

A very juvenile copy of its Hitchcock-Kubrick models, efficiently made in the overwrought mold of contemporary action-adventure movies but a painfully loud--and silly--knockoff of the originals. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)

UGO (Jenna Busch)

It's worth a look for the effects, or if you just want to scare yourself into throwing out your cellphone and living off the grid. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at UGO (Jenna Busch)

Beliefnet (Nell Minow)

A promising premise, some intense action, and a lively appearance by Billy Bob Thornton might have been enough to squeak this one by as a summer movie. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)

Metromix.com (Matt Pais)

And you thought Live Free or Die Hard turned real issues into rubbish. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)

USA Today (Claudia Puig)

Though it aspires to be an intriguing political cautionary tale, the movie is mostly about the feverish and jarringly choreographed chase scenes. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)

E! Online (Matt Stephens)

Big Brother may be watching, but Eagle Eye is barely worth a peek. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at E! Online (Matt Stephens)

Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)

So what we have here is the world's smartest entity giving orders to the two dumbest people. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)

Daily Telegraph (Australia) (Vicki Roach)

The film unfolds at such breakneck speed that the credits are rolling before it becomes fully apparent that the storyline actually ran out of gas some way back. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Daily Telegraph (Australia) (Vicki Roach)

NPR.org (Bob Mondello)

It means to say something about anti-terrorism surveillance and civil liberties, but if you asked me what Eagle Eye is about, I'd have to say it's about as dumb as can be. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at NPR.org (Bob Mondello)

Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

So hysterical in its terrorist subplot and its seizure-inducing action sequences that a pummeled viewer can be excused for texting WTF? to a friend in the middle of the chaos. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)

About.com (Rebecca Murray)

Eagle Eye's a bad movie, at times ridiculously so, but it's not a boring movie. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)

Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

As an election-year riff on current events, it's moderately clever, even though it has no nerve whatsoever. (Last year's Shooter had more guts.) ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

Redbox (James Rocchi)

Eagle Eye isn't horrible, but it does make sure the audience is bruised, buffeted and battered with rock-'em, sock-'em action in a deliberate attempt to shake logical questions about the plot out of their heads. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Redbox (James Rocchi)

MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)

What might have been a zeitgeist-fueled paranoid thriller along the lines of The Conversation or Three Days of the Condor winds up an unintentionally hilarious exercise in the suspension of disbelief, peppered with confusingly edited car cha ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)

CHUD (Devin Faraci)

The only title that works for this movie is Three Days of the Mongoloid. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)

Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)

Since it is plainly obvious that the movie's priorities lie not with its message, but with its lightning-fast pacing and confusing action scenes, it's insulting when these ideas are shoehorned in half-heartedly. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)

Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)

Eagle Eye promises to blow your mind with a big reveal, but my mind was already blown trying to enumerate just how many movies it rips off along the way. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)

Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)

Determined to remake himself into a mini-Michael Bay (replete with military hardware fetishism!), Caruso shoots primarily in shaky, glossy close-ups that obliterate any sense of spatial proportion, scale or lucidity. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Should this film be a huge box office success, it will stand as a sad testament to how low the bar for cinematic entertainment has been set. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)

So many ideas from other films have been cobbled together the experience of watching it is like being in a blender. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

Noisy, derivative and thoroughly preposterous even by the standards of 21st-century action movies. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

MTV (Kurt Loder)

That director D.J. Caruso is a talented filmmaker was clear in his last picture, the compact thriller "Disturbia" (which also starred LaBeouf). Here, though, he seems to have lost his way amid the big bucks of a blockbuster budget, which is too bad. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)

WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Provides one of the biggest You've Got To Be Kidding moments of the year. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)

For all its digitally effected chaos, the cinematic threat level in Eagle Eye never even comes close to orange. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)

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