Eagle Eye (DVD)

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. DJ Caruso and Shia LaBeouf. Okay, so perhaps the latter doesn't fit in with the other three greats in terms of the movies they make, but one thing they do share in common is that Shia LaBeouf has never been directed so well as he has with Caruso, their relationship reminiscent to that of Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman. DJ Caruso until recently was simple a director for hire, his mediocre-at-best films such as the forgettable Angelina Jolie thriller Taking Lives being the highpoint of his career. Much like fellow hack Jon Avnet, Caruso was simply making movies to get ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~ For a relatively new kid on the block, Shia LeBeouf seems to be cropping up in a fair few films these days. First he was being mothered by Carrie-Ann Moss in Disturbia, then hanging out with a bunch of robots and Megan Fox in Transformers, after which he was swanning about with aliens and that creaky old bloke with the whip and Fedora in the latest Indy instalment, and now he gets to spend a whole film in close proximity to Michelle Monaghan. Some guys get all the luck. I want his job. I was in the DVD store, casting about for a decent actioner to take home for the extended family to watch (my in-laws ...  Read the complete review

// Film Only Review // This was a movie I really wanted to see, but never managed to watch it until it came onto Sky Movies. I got straight round to watching it and wasn't disappointed with what I saw. ~~~ Cast ~~~ Shia LaBeouf ... Jerry Shaw Michelle Monaghan ... Rachel Holloman Rosario Dawson ... Zoe Perez Billy Bob Thornton ... Agent Thomas Morgan ~~~ Synopsis ~~~ Jerry and Rachel meet after both receiving a phone call from a woman neither of them has ever heard from before. Threatening their lives and family, the mysterious woman pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous ...  Read the complete review

Note: this review was written for my review website, ShaunMunro.co.uk, thanks! ~~ How D.J. Caruso's Eagle Eye was able, or even keen to elude the "Summer blockbuster" window is anyone's guess, for it is as untowardly showy as any work to hit our screens this Summer. Moreover, in keeping with the unfortunate tradition of many of those films, Eagle Eye is, for all of its visual effects and overblown set pieces, a narratively stodgy action thriller. The second that protagonist Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) appears on the screen, so do the clichés - his character is down on his luck, and we are very hastily asked to feel sorry for him ...  Read the complete review

Eagle Eye is an action/ thriller film released 26th September 2008. The film was made on a budget of $80,000,000 an has grossed an estimated $178,066,569 at the box office. Despite it's box office success, Eagle Eye didn't do very well with the critics, infact only 27% of them gave this film a decent review. The film is rated 12 and runs for approximately 118 minutes. D.J Caruso directed this, he's also responsible for the brilliant Taking Lives starring Angelina Jolie and the mediocre horror starring Shia LaBeouf. Steven Speilberg produces this, with someone like Steven Speilberg on board you're bound to have a great end result aren't you? Shia ...  Read the complete review