Movie

Eye in the Sky

2015 · 102 min

A taut, procedural pressure-cooker that traps you in the room with people debating life and death, leaving a heavy moral ache.

Tagline: Welcome to the new front line
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.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Morality, war, politics, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: morality
war
politics
guilt
death
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none