Eagle Eye - Reviewed by Mark Aouad

Eagle is a movie about two different people who are thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. She threatens their lives and the lives of their families; she pushes Jerry and Rachael into dangerous situations and monitors their every move with modern technology. As the situation gets worse these two people become the country’s most wanted fugitives and they must work together to fight what is happening to them. They become the pawns of a faceless enemy who has limited power.
The movie was quick but boring; too many scenes were used to explain the movie and the story. The actors consumed a fair bit of time talking and running. It was intended to be a thriller but the story line was more of a Drama. The sound used was not detailed enough, which leads us to conclude that the director did not work on the detail of the sound enough.
Shia LaBeouf starred in this movie and did a terrific job. He really became the character and spoke his lines with confidence. I was surprised to see him star in this movie as it was not really his kind of movie .He usually stars in more action type movies. Michelle Monaghan also had a very big role as she works with Shia. Her acting is good but not very convincing with how she says her lines. Her role was not easy, therefore it was difficult to judge her performance ; the role was hard because her main job was to tell the audience basically what was happening without confusing them.
The scenes were shot very well, the perfect and most suitable locations were used and the light was not too dark, however in my opinion, there were some scenes where the light was used poorly not indicating whether it was night or day. Sound was not a very big plus in this movie either. The director clearly did not intend for his movie to be judged on sound, rather more on the story itself. I thought that the producers should have allowed themselves and the sound and art directors more time to improve their work, since there was no pressure for the movie to come out so quickly.
The music in the movie was great; they basically wrote all their music and only used a few songs that had previously been used .The music pulled the audience towards the movie; it was loud when the scenes were tense and softer otherwise.