What a bittersweet moment it is near the end of eye in the sky when. Awards chatter podcast helen mirren eye in the sky. Mis bijvoorbeeld nooit meer een film van stanley kubrick of meryl streep. Through remote surveillance and ontheground intel, powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from capture to kill. Helen mirren, needs a more substantial role, she rather underplayed her performance in this film. Eye in the sky official north american trailer 2015 aaron paul, helen mirren war thriller hd. Gavin hoods film, starring helen mirren, is set in the world of remotely piloted aircraft warfare. Great movie that doesnt have to rely on tons of cgi to sustain interest. Eye in the sky full movie watch online free on putlocker, eye in the sky full movie, eye in the sky 2015 movie online watch hd with subtitle. At times theres a touch of dr strangelove satire iain glens uk foreign. Dame helen mirren is convincing as a tough old soldier in tense intelligent thriller. Eye in the sky 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Helen mirren talks about eye in the sky and confirms she. The storyline kept me on the edge of my seat, its a terrible thought that this type of scenario could ever take place, i hesitate to acknowledge the part played by the late alan rickman, an actor we all loved, god. She stars in eye in the sky, one of the most criticallyacclaimed films of both the year and her career, as a british colonel. Helen mirren, iain glen, alan rickman last film role and aaron paul it homes in on. Eye in the sky and the dilemma of death by drone the new movie starring alan rickman and helen mirren debuts in american theaters on march 11. Gavin hoods airstrike thriller eye in the sky isnt the first film to tackle this. In eye in the sky, helen mirren embodies colonel katherine powell, a british military commander tasked with a top secret drone operation in kenya. It deserved better as it is a politically charged thriller set on the cutting edge with helen mirren heading a terrific ensemble cast. These are the films in which soldiers, spies and politicians stand around in. I decided to watch eye in the sky for three reasons. Its about the use of drone strikes on terrorist targets, and the complicated things that must happen before a drone actually attacks.
I continued to watch because it turned out to be a marvelous film. With the compelling and thrilling new drama eye in the sky, we finally have a drone movie worth cheering about. Helen mirren stars as colonel katherine powell in gavin hoods tense thriller eye in the sky. Helen mirren is as steely as ever playing colonel katherine powell in eye in the sky the original title for the film was the more ominoussounding kill chain. The moral implications of modern warfare are confronted in bleecker streets powerful drama, eye in the sky, coming to digital hd on june 14, 2016 and bluraytm, dvd and on demand on june 28. These battles however, play out like a video game, with pilots sitting in a dark room filled with display screens a. How a hollywood film reveals the reality of drone warfare. Eye in the sky is a gripping examination of the protocols behind drone warfare. Alan rickman, armaan haggio, barkhad abdi, helen mirren, jeremy northam, monica dolan, phoebe fox. In the uk they are being tracked from afar by helen mirren as a uk colonel. Eye in the sky official trailer helen mirren, aaron paul, alan.
Eye in the sky film talk helen mirren thrillers film alan. The peculiarly disengaged nature of modern warfare has been explored in several recent dramas, from rick rosenthal s 20 thriller drones to andrew niccol s more celebrated 2014 drama good kill. Eye in the sky official movie site bleecker street. Very relevant to current world events, and the differing points of view were represented in a balanced way. Eye in the sky 2015 full movie watch online on putlocker. In pondering why gavin hoods dronestrike thriller eye in the sky failed to involve. Her mother, kathleen alexandrina eva matilda rogers, was from a workingclass english family, and her father, vasiliy petrovich mironov, was a russianborn civil servant, from kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat.
Eye in the sky eye in the sky stars helen mirren as colonel katherine powell, a ukbased military officer in command of a topsecret drone operation to capture terrorists in kenya. Eye in the sky full movie 2016 helen mirren, aaron. Eye in the sky opens with colonel katherine powell helen mirren, who has been tracking a radicalized british citizen working with somali terrorists for years and finally has a chance at capture. Eye in the sky is a sleeper that came and went quickly through the cinema circuits. You cant dismiss it as a macho movie about war video interview. Check out the trailer for eye in the sky, starring helen mirren as colonel catherine powell and aaron paul as american pilot steve watts. Katherine powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare. Eye in the sky is a smart, politically charged thriller set on the cutting edge of drone warfare. Directed by gavin hood and written by guy hibbert, the film explores the ethical challenges of drone warfare. Eye in the sky stars helen mirren as colonel katherine powell, a ukbased military officer, who is remotely commanding a topsecret drone operation to. Eye in the sky trailer 1 2016 aaron paul, helen mirren thriller movie hd official trailer skip navigation sign in. Dame helen mirren was born in queen charlottes hospital in west london. Bleecker street is nearing a deal for eye in the sky, gavin hoods film looking at drone warfare.
Helen mirren, aaron paul, alan rickman, barkhad abdi en iain glen. For example, when helen mirren is in the decision room, she was actually speaking in real time to the film s director, gavin hood, and facing a green screen with a red x designating her line of focus. Eye in the sky is burdened with two unavoidable bummers. Sheila talks to helen mirren and gavin hood about their new film, eye in the sky, working with the late alan rickman, the politics of the film, and more. Eye in the sky stars helen mirren as colonel katherine powell, a ukbased military officer in command of a topsecret drone operation to capture terrorists in kenya. Very relevant to current world events, and the differing points of.
Eye in the sky gavin hoods topical drama about drone warfare deftly intertwines elements of tickingclock thriller and tragic farce. In charge of the mission is colonel powell helen mirren, her. How a hollywood film reveals the reality of drone warfare this article is more than 3 years old as helen mirren s new film eye in the sky is released, an expert reflects on the morality of how. When uk intelligence officer colonel katherine powell helen mirren. Helen mirren as katherine powell in eye in the sky. Eye in the sky and national bird train sights on warfare by remote control. Eye in the sky official north american trailer 2015 aaron paul. Helen mirrens eye in the sky acquired by hollywood. Through remote surveillance and ontheground intel, powell discovers the targets are planning a. This year, mirren returned to the screen in eye in the sky, a film in which she plays a british military commander who oversees a secret drone program and faces gutwrenching moral decisions. Helen mirren s role was originally written for a male actor. Helen mirren and alan rickman join the drones debate eye.
Complications arise when a lieutenant general alan rickman and a colonel helen mirren order a drone missile strike to take out a. The film, directed by gavin hood based on a screenplay by. Helen mirren in the thriller eye in the sky, which grapples with the quandaries of modern warfare. With helen mirren, aaron paul, alan rickman, barkhad abdi. Helen mirren s eye in the sky has no easy answers in her new film eye in the sky, helen mirren plays a colonel overseeing a secret drone operation in kenya. Eye in the sky stars helen mirren as colonel katherine powell, a ukbased military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in kenya.
Watch the trailer for eye in the sky released on the 8 april 2016 at selected cineworld cinemas. Alan rickman and helen mirren star in gavin hoods nailbiting thriller that explores the ethics of drone strikes. First, camouflage turns out to be the one pattern on earth thats unflattering to helen mirren. There was a 2009 article of the same title written by major timothy allen johnson sr about usaf isr operations in the middle east. Its about the use of drone strikes on terrorist targets, and the complicated things that.
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