Eagle Eye (L'Oeil du Mal)

Great movie

I must admit most of this review will be based on my second viewing of this film. Both viewings were on blu ray but the first time I had high expectations. The story line intrigued me and I am a huge Shia LaBeouf fan. With the first viewing I didn't like it very much. I liked Shia but I thought the story line pushed the limits and was just too unbelievable for me. It looked great in blu ray but I was disappointed.Well, we all know that our experiences when we have expectations can sometimes be altered. I love blu ray, have consistently read how EAGLE EYE is one of the best films to utilize blu ray to its full effect so now, many months after my first viewing I purchased EAGLE EYE. I wanted to have it for I do want to own every Shia LaBeouf film and I am so grateful I did. This time I sat back with my home theater system with no expectations and was on the edge of my seat from beginnig to end. Knowing the plot and having no expectations allowed me to just view it and amazingly the plot suddendlty made sense, caught me up from beginning to end and I enjoyed myself immensely.Kudos first must go to the acting. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan and Billy Bob Thornton all up the ante with their acting chops. These characters are believable and it is refreshing to have the male and female lead not get romantically involved. It brings more of a sense of relity to the film. This film is directed and acted with respect to the story and it is very believable once you get caught up. It is also filled with amazing action sequences and they were all right - blu ray is the only real way to enjoy this film to is full effect. The video presentation is an amazingly crisp 1080p. Colors and clarity are perfection. Flesh tones are just right and the quality does not falter be it day or night, inside or outside. The video never falters throughout the amazing action sequences. The audio is an amazing Dolby TruHD 5.1. Whether with dialogue driven scenes or the major action driven scenes the audio is strong, vibrant and realistic. All the speakers of your theatre system will be put to use and the sound quality throughout is at such a level that it makes the film that much more stimulating.This is the first time I have ever said that if you did not like a film the first time give it a second shot but EAGLE EYE is an action film of the highest caliber with stimulating suspense. Certainly one I plan on viewing again and again. Highly recommend.

I enjoyed this movie when it first came out and wanted to see it again when I saw it on Prime. It's a prophetic 2008 action thriller that reflects, "possibly" in an overly-dramatic fashion, the times in which we live, where what happens in our lives isn't necessarily controlled by our personal decisions. It speaks directly the American government spying on private individuals, which we've learned recently is the case.The acting was good by both main characters, as well as the surrounding cast. Billy Bob Thorton was, in my estimation, the most famous actor, while Shia LeBeouf, the protagonist, is probably best known for his role starring in the Transformer series. He was one of the main characters in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Acting along with him in Eagle Eye was Michelle Monaghan, as co-protagonist, and Rosario Dawson in a supporting role.If you want a look at where we are, in the present and very near future, as to whom and what is really controlling events, this is a movie you should definitely see. But, like in the movie, there isn't much you can do about certain events surrounding your life and well being, and the decisions aren't necessarily made by the best decision-makers.I recommend this movie to everyone who likes action, adventure, mystery, pretty-good acting, and a reflection of the times in which we live and - I dare say - probably where we're headed in the future.

You have to ask yourself are we at the point where a super computer can order the destruction of our government or any government without approval from the president and action by others? No, nor will we probably ever be that stupid. Take my word from years of knowledge about computers and those that operate them, and those intelligent enough to create all the computers and monitoring devices, they are not going to let computers control anything. For a computer and surveillance system to get remote control access and have the ability to carry out commands to act on, it would have to have several preset programmed scenario events take place. While it is watching us, we are watching it and we control it, not vice versa.A rebellious young man's that roams the world doing odd jobs gets a call that his twin brother is killed in an auto accident. We see that his brother was in the military but he hasn't spoken to his brother in three years (odd as he loved him). How does his bank account go from insufficient funds to almost three-quarters of a million. Why is his apartment now full of weapons delivered today? Who is the woman on the phone telling him the FBI is coming and he has seconds to leave before capture? Why is a single mother receiving calls telling her do do things or her son will die? Why is she told to pick up the man that has just buried his brother and is avoiding FBI capture? You will have many more questions before you have answers. A good twist on surveillance movies. Great cast, good directing, excellent F/X and camera work, and tense music. I recommend it. Enjoy this movie for what it is, an entertaining fiction.Recommendations: Echelon Conspiracy [Blu-ray], Enemy of the State [Blu-ray], Source Code [Blu-ray],CA Luster

Movie kept my attention the entire time. It kept me on my toes and was an exciting story.

Really liked the movie the characters were great would recommend.