""The Eyes of the Sky"---The Inner Confessions of a Murderer"

Rowan 2022-04-21 09:02:23

"Eye in the Sky" Eye.in.the.Sky 2015, Lone Rock Film Review 7.4 points, 18 Rated.
It is also a coincidence that the news broadcast these days "On July 1, the White House of the United States confirmed that the number of civilian casualties caused by drones in non-war zones was between 64 and 116." Just in line with this "Eye in the Sky", (Slight spoilers below) This movie is exactly the process of using UAVs to clear the Somali al-Shabaab senior leaders in Somalia. As we all know, the implementation of UAV clearance in residential areas will definitely cause collateral damage. Therefore, in the British and American combat command The five people in the center are the murderers who decide the massacre. They disagree on whether to attack or not. One side said: If the attack hurts civilians, then what is the difference between us and terrorists? The other side said: If they were spared, it could lead to the death of more innocent people. You see, it all makes sense. The special feature of the film is that a civilian who is about to be harmed is solidified into a living little girl, not a cold number in the statistics. This is not only tangled by the audience, but even the murderer cannot start. The entanglement of the five people in the command center also It is a portrayal of a person's inner world, sympathy, ruthlessness, escape, all kinds of emotions intertwined to form a complete human nature.
Jumping out of the narrative of this film, when people are entangled in the casualties of war, human civilization has been quietly progressing. In the thousands of years of war before World War II, people seldom or never considered the collateral casualties of war, and even regarded civilians as the objects of war plunder. Today, people are already discussing the collateral damage of war, which makes pessimistic people add to the future of mankind. confidence.
The film's performance is mediocre. Helen Milan, who is expensive as a winner of many awards, is disappointing. Maybe she doesn't have the cold temperament of a soldier in her bones. Fortunately, this film does not rely on performance, but on strength. The plot is too propulsive, and the film director is very strong. The story begins on a calm morning and gradually gets better, implanting suspense into the hearts of the audience little by little, allowing the audience to tangle and think together with the protagonist, and finally put a serious topic in the The footage of the film is extremely rare.

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Extended Reading
  • Vaughn 2021-12-19 08:01:08

    "Online video is the best catalyst for the revolution." With the tension of "Escape from Tehran", the documentary feeling of "The Hunt for Osama bin Laden", and the reflection of "Landmine Field", there are not many scenes but good drama.

  • Eryn 2022-03-23 09:02:05

    Purely from the level of screenwriting skills, this film is very well done, without any problems, with a few simple groups of characters, a few scenes, and the storytelling is compact and vivid, which is heart-wrenching!

Eye in the Sky quotes

  • [first lines]

    Alia Mo'Allim: [her father is fixing her hula hoop] It's the best one I've ever had.

    Musa Mo'Allim: Yes, my dear. It's finished. Go and play.

  • Angela Northman: In my opinion, that was disgraceful. And all done from the safety of your chair.

    Lt. General Frank Benson: I have attended the immediate aftermath of five suicide bombings, on the ground, with the bodies. What you witnessed today, with your coffee and your biscuits, is terrible. But what these men would have done would have been even more terrible.