Eye in the Sky
2015 · 102 min
Directed by Gavin Hood. Written by Guy Hibbert. Starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi.
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.
Critics 95% · audiences 82% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)