“Eye in the Sky” is well-intentioned, but boring AF and probably would make a better television series than film because then the characters could be three-dimensional instead of archetypes.

| Jun 9, 2024

Considers a much larger canvas than the warfare itself, from the politicians approving drone missions to the undercover agents on the ground scouting them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 18, 2022

Combining tense action with an exploration of the psychological demands, and impact, of modern drone warfare, Eye in the Sky also demonstrates that strong female characters can command the genre as resoundingly as their male counterparts.

| Sep 29, 2021

To their enormous credit, director Gavin Hood and writer Guy Hibbert offer no easy answers and take no easy outs, electing instead to keep viewers as conflicted and uncomfortable as the characters on the screen.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 18, 2021

Ethical dilemmas abound in "Eye in the Sky" and the filmmakers respect the audience enough that they don't preach an easy conclusion.

| Aug 27, 2021

It's a riveting thriller in which nobody's hands get dirty, but everyone's are covered in blood.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 8, 2021

The filmmakers end up adopting the viewpoint of the powers that be, the US and UK political establishment, the principal source of global terrorism.

| Feb 26, 2021

Wordy and pedantic, it asks the viewer to choose sides and then explore the reasoning behind their decisions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2021

It carries on too long, numbing the power of the tragedies while making judgments for the viewer, rather than letting each individual come away with something different.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Everything happens in the command rooms where emotions, guilt and duty invite us to the deepest reflections on the implications of a war bureaucracy. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 26, 2020

The marriage of script, director, and cast makes this into a fine piece of entertainment that is sure to inspire the precise conversation it sets out to create.

| Apr 3, 2020

The debate is passionate and intelligent, and it is punctuated with tense on-the-ground action to contain the danger...

| Mar 11, 2020

Uniformly, the cast does fine work. Aaron Paul's anguished drone pilot is terrific. Barkhad Abdi is wonderful as an undercover operative under pressure.

| Feb 13, 2020

Between its stellar cast, tense storytelling and unshakeable sequences, it's a film you won't soon forget.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 22, 2020

An edge-of-your-seat nail-biting experience!

| Nov 5, 2019

As entertaining and suspenseful as it may be, Eye In The Sky asks more questions than it answers, and that's a good thing.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 22, 2019

It's a take on the impossible moral quandaries which arise in wartime - the things we take for granted and situations we hope to never face.

| Oct 21, 2019

In his last performance on film, [Alan] Rickman reminds us again why we've enjoyed his work. The slow, silky delivery of his distinctive voice, along with the intensity and that wry sarcasm are all here.

| Oct 16, 2019

Intimate yet expansive, delicate yet explosive, with excellent performances from the entire cast who maximise every single frame of their screen time, it's a must-see.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 29, 2019

The dialogue is fast and smart, and the characters are explored so deeply, despite spending little time with each.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 7, 2019