Saw Eagle Eye a few weeks ago, since the trailer looked interesting, and I am beginning to become a bit of a Shia LaBeouf fan. The movie started off solidly, keeping a fast pace with pretty good action sequences and an engaging story line. Living in the Patriot Act era, the movie gave us an eerie look into a scenario where our every move is watched, everything said eavesdropped on. Who is behind this manipulation, and what is the eventual goal of their manipulation of poor Shia and Michelle Monaghan? The movie builds up the tension for the unveiling of the person behind the cell phone voice, and the revelation is extremely disappointing. After it is revealed, I realized I had already seen this film, when it was called
I, Robot. SPOILER ALERT...
"Humans, stop hurting yourselves!" Although in this case it is not humans, but Americans that the artificially intelligent machine is worried about. Ahhh patriotism in its most twisted form. "We need to get rid of the president because his actions could lead to our ultimate destruction." Almost sounds like the plot of a John McCain political ad on Obama. But I digress...
On the acting part, LaBeouf and Monaghan give decent performances, though by the end of the movie I was pretty disgusted with the plot twist to even care. Meryl Streep I guess is more interested in realistic political dramas like
Lions for Lambs.
I give this movie 2 and a half Meryls, fitting for half a good movie.
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