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Eye in the Sky

2015 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7/10

Rating

102 min

Runtime

2015

Release Year

Gavin Hood

Director

Cast

Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of Eye in the Sky

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.

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