From the subject matter, this "Eye in the Sky" will inevitably remind people of "Hunting Osama Bin Laden", but when the movie gets to the point, it will be discovered that even if it is all about fighting terror The subject matter of the molecule, and the two are actually not similar. "Eye in the Sky" proposes a serious and cruel moral torture, an open class on human nature where no one can give the answer.
Colonel Catherine has been tracking a female terrorist leader for six years, and finally confirmed her location. Ready to carry out targeted bombing by drones. But at this time, outside the door of the target house, an innocent little girl selling food appeared. Regarding the fatal possibility of this "collateral injury", from the military and politicians to the soldiers who carried out the bombing, they all fell into their own considerations and entanglements.
The perspective setting of this movie has obviously undergone special considerations, which is very symbolic. In this attack, there were no head-on conflicts and fights at all, and everything was always under "God's perspective." British intelligence agencies use a variety of high-tech detection methods and satellite and drone systems to monitor everything in the sky. The enemy cannot perceive their presence, but they can see the movements or expressions of everyone in the room. . It is this kind of superior and insightful perspective that allows the people who originally represented the righteous side to really watch the world like God-not only terrorists as enemies, but also civilians and children as victims. From the perspective of God, death and injury are no longer a symbol and concept, but a concrete and vivid person.
Those soldiers could see the details of the girl's perseverance and joy in life, which had an immeasurable impact on their inner fluctuations.
In addition to the perspective, the setting of the space is also full of scheming. All the people who make decisions, whether military or politician, sit in a room far away from the scene of the war and command remotely. This is the norm in modern warfare, and it happens to form an interesting and cruel metaphor. A group of middle-aged men and women in charge of foreign affairs and internal affairs sit in a room inlaid with mahogany wall panels and hanging chandeliers, drinking coffee, eating cookies, watching the real-time surveillance of terrorists on the big screen, everything They all seem very strange. They are "watching" a scene where life and death are at stake. They are pulling away, but at the same time they are deciding the life and death of that group of people. All this is absurd and embarrassing.
War films are the most prone to moral torture. But it is not so easy to melt all the torture into a story that has always been suspenseful and tense. From the beginning to the end, "Eye of the Sky" only uses a few screens and a few rooms to tell everything. There is no open or close movement, only solemn expressions and tight body language are used to shape emotions. And it is this simplest scene that extends the deepest moral issues.
On one side is the innocent little girl, on the other is the terrorist in the room trying on the suicide bomb vest, how to choose. This inevitably reminds people of the moral debate in the famous Harvard public class. A train came, and between killing one person and three people, did he choose to pull the turnout or not?
The threat posed by terrorists may be to kill hundreds of thousands of people, but that scene is invisible at the moment, and the child’s innocent sacrifice is clearly presented before his eyes. Under such circumstances, human rationality sometimes cannot Cross the moral and emotional barriers. The more cruel and icy scene took place in the headquarters where high-ranking officials gathered. While staring at the big screen, they said, "If terrorists go out to carry out a suicide bombing, we will win hearts and minds, but if we are caused by collateral damage And if that little girl is killed, they will be able to obtain talks." That is to say, at a certain moment, they once thought about allowing terrorists to carry out actions in exchange for a favorable public opinion environment. And in this way, he can earn moral points. Compared with the real flesh and blood on the battlefield, they are more concerned about the tilt of public opinion brought about by a bombing video on YouTube.
It is undeniable that in this war, these people who are committed to fighting terrorists are on the righteous side. But when they use the lives of others as a bargaining chip to calculate, do they also make people feel fear in another sense?
The several levels of "Eye in the Sky" are very intriguing, including the soldiers who control the missiles, the high-level military, the civil and politicians, and the heads of state who visit other countries and the high-level Americans as allies. This is a progressive relationship from low to high, and it is also a distance from near to far centered on the battlefield. You will find that the closer you are to the real battlefield, the stronger the sense of morality and the higher the concentration of humanity, and the more you go to the periphery, the morality and humanity will gradually become thinner. The people in the command center are calculating political gains and losses, and when the phone calls to the highest level of visits to other countries, they do not regard all this as something that requires careful consideration, and just do it in a perfunctory manner within a few seconds. Make a decision. The movie deliberately shows a joking and cruel scene, where the person at the highest level of power is on the toilet and at the ball table arbitrarily decides the life and death of others.
The terrorist was wiped out, two missiles were used, and the little girl did not escape as "collateral damage". From a rational point of view, everyone knows that this account will be counted on the terrorists, but all this will always be weighed on the two young soldiers who pressed the missile launch button. Those in power at the top will eventually condense the attack into a victory speech, and then forget it.
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