Story Line
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.
“Welcome to the new front line”
Top Cast
Helen Mirren
Colonel Katherine Powell
Aaron Paul
Steve Watts
Alan Rickman
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
Barkhad Abdi
Jama Farah
Jeremy Northam
Brian Woodale
Phoebe Fox
Carrie Gershon
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Rating
7.0/ 10
Release Date
2015-09-07
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
DramaThrillerWar
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User Reviews (3)
Reno
8/10
•7/14/2016> The modern warfare, and its advantages as well as drawbacks.
A new kind of war. When everyone is worried about robots might take over our jobs, it meant military as well. There was not robots in this, but a war fought from a safe distance and so...
DanDare
4/10
•3/7/2018Eye in the Sky wants to explore the question of drone warfare.
An operation to capture a terrorist cell in Kenya. Helen Mirren plays Colonel who is rather gung ho and wants to take out the bad guys before they do more harm.
Aaron Paul is a dron...
Jack
9/10
•6/6/2020I was looking for a film to watch. Being a big Helen Mirren fan, I decided to give this one a go. What a great choice it was!
The fact that the entire film is in real time, meaning we watch the event as they unfold in real time, makes it a true ed...