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Eagle Eye (2008) Rank 5 Reviews

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Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
This is just good, old-fashioned filmmaking with two likable protagonists up against a monolithic antagonist. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for EDGE Boston (David Foucher)EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
We've seen this all before -- but rarely in such an entertaining format. Eagle Eye is like watching an entire season of 24 in two hours flat. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Colorado Springs Gazette (Brandon Fibbs)Colorado Springs Gazette (Brandon Fibbs)
There's nothing wrong with occasionally indulging in an entertaining film purely because it is an entertaining film. What is the point of a healthy, nourishing dinner if there isn't any desert at the end? ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Colorado Springs Gazette (Brandon Fibbs)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)
Manages to be both ominous and fun, making this a popcorn thriller with an edge. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
The Kubrickian Hitchcock elements are out front and personal, but D.J. Caruso keeps things nicely slick and swift so the film reminds you, maybe not of those legends, but certainly of someone like John Badham at his 1983 peak. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
This time, Big Brother doesn't only want to listen to us - he wants to kill us. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
It's entertaining, if you're OK with it not making a ton of sense. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
[Director Caruso] has done a masterful job of maintaining suspense, keeping the stunts mind-blowing and dressing the visuals in the bleak hues and gritty style of a '70s paranoid thriller. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Depending on your perspective, it will be either one of the year's sillier films or one of its most enjoyable ones. Or possibly a combination of both. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Meg Jones)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Meg Jones)
Eagle Eye skillfully taps into post-Sept. 11 paranoia -- a briskly paced thriller that blinks at times but mostly keeps its focus. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Meg Jones)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Eagle Eye has its flaws, but you're not going to care or notice them. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Bill Gibron)PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Bristling along on one amazing narrative convolution after another, and fueled by fascinating gung ho performances from everyone involved, Eagle Eye is a jovial serving of cinematic junk food. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for jackiekcooper.com (Jackie K. Cooper)jackiekcooper.com (Jackie K. Cooper)
So fast paced and exciting that you don't care whether or not it makes any sense ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at jackiekcooper.com (Jackie K. Cooper)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The Age (Australia) (Jim Schembri)The Age (Australia) (Jim Schembri)
In Eagle Eye, old-school political paranoia is filtered through a new prism that focuses not on terrorism but on overcooked US government measures to monitor citizens. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at The Age (Australia) (Jim Schembri)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Big Brother isn't watching, he's seen this already. Eagle Eye is for the guy in front of me on his cell phone... ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Rafer Guzman)Newsday (Rafer Guzman)
Check your credulity at the door, and you’ll at least enjoy some high-impact action scenes. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Newsday (Rafer Guzman)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
...the filmmakers apparently want you to suspend your disbelief. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Eagle Eye wants to be Marathon Man, or Enemy of the State, only with a post-9/11 overlay and a plot device lifted straight from 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
Die Hard meets The Fugitive meets 2001: A Space Odyssey in the fully paranoid Eagle Eye, a frantic thriller that's nowhere near as good as its influences but still manages to get the job done. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Eagle Eye has half an idea in its head, but over two hours there's no time to complete or explore it, since the movie isn't just a chase but a combination steeplechase and destruction derby. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
[Hitchcock] for a modern age bloated by steroids, addled by action, and incapable of long-term attention. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
The movie doesn't have three brain cells to rub together, but the premise carries it a long way. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
At the very least, Eagle Eye gives us two principals who are appealing enough to keep us interested in them. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Amy Nicholson)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (David Thomas)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Emanuel LevyEmanuel 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
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Times (Christian Toto)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Triple j (Marc Fennell)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (Vicki Roach)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for At the Movies (Australia) (David Stratton)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slate (Josh Levin)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Matt Pais)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)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 you’re looking for a good laugh. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (Kevin McCarthy)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Scorecard Review (Jeff Bayer)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Herald Sun (Australia) (Leigh Paatsch)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Matt Stephens)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Can Magazine (Fred Topel)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for UGO (Jenna Busch)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for NPR.org (Bob Mondello)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for About.com (Rebecca Murray)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Redbox (James Rocchi)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for CHUD (Devin Faraci)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for MTV (Kurt Loder)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)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)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.25 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Each new twist produces the kind of incredulous guffaws normally reserved for Uwe Boll pictures, combed with the pedestrian technical details to doom the entire affair. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.25 out of 4 stars for New Republic (Christopher Orr)New Republic (Christopher Orr)
It might merit a B-minus in the silly popcorn movie category if it didn't unwisely decide, toward the end, that it wasn't willing to be just a silly popcorn movie. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at New Republic (Christopher Orr)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.25 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Neely Tucker)Washington Post (Neely Tucker)
Eagle Eye, with a more nuanced idea of paranoia and the ills of technology gone wild, could have been both entertaining and disturbing. Deafening isn't quite the same thing. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Washington Post (Neely Tucker)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.25 out of 4 stars for BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
A high-tech paranoia thriller with severe terrorism and patriotism overtones, “Eagle Eye” will be best remembered as the film where director D.J. Caruso sold his soul to the wicked Hollywood machine. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
[LaBeouf]'s just not very credible in elaborate action set-pieces, although at least this time he's not trying to convince us that he's a '50s greaser. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Tom Maurstad)Dallas Morning News (Tom Maurstad)
Forget suspending disbelief; you would have to suspend consciousness to go along with this story. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Dallas Morning News (Tom Maurstad)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
It's a terrible movie. You could go into any supermarket, pluck two reasonably attractive people from the check-out line, put them in this movie, and nothing would change. Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are lost amid the dumb, uninvolving chaos. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
The film is a rag bag of concepts and characters from earlier, vastly better movies. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
The screenwriters, four in all, and director D.J. Caruso completely squander any opportunity to be original and instead opt to make a generic and completely unsatisfying thriller. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
By the time Jerry and Rachel are riding around on airport conveyer belts while Agent Morgan, in hot pursuit, stumbles over luggage behind them, the film has lost all semblance of sanity and focus. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)
It's presented as a thriller, and it is, but Eagle Eye is also a political film. It's not a very good political film, nor is it a very good thriller, ironically enough because it wants to be very good at both. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Eagle Eye should boast all sorts of contemporary resonance. But it'd probably feel just a little bit timelier and more relevant if it took place in a universe that bore even the faintest resemblance to our own. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Retriever (Brian Tallerico)Movie Retriever (Brian Tallerico)
Unwilling to do anything in moderation, the four people it took to write one of the worst screenplays of the year almost seem to be playing a game where they have to top each other with each stupid twist. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at Movie Retriever (Brian Tallerico)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
two hours of absolute nonsense that is easily the noisiest action film to come around the pike since "Transformers" and quite possibly the dumbest one to boot. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Eagle Eye (2008) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)
Finally, an action-adventure thriller that feels as if it were created, directed and acted, soup to nuts, by a computer program. ...read the complete Eagle Eye movie review at New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)
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by cory on March 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Normally I love stories about technology turning against us, but this one, while it had some good original elements and some good action, was a little underwhelming by the end due to its generic plot qualities. Eagle Eye is about a couple of people ...

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