Movie
Eye in the Sky
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-09-07
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Raindog Films, Entertainment One Features
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell
- Aaron Paul as Steve Watts
- Alan Rickman as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
- Barkhad Abdi as Jama Farah
- Jeremy Northam as Brian Woodale
- Phoebe Fox as Carrie Gershon
- Armaan Haggio as Musa Mo'Allim
- Aisha Takow as Alia Mo'Allim
- Monica Dolan as Angela Northman
- Richard McCabe as George Matherson
- Babou Ceesay as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq
- John Heffernan as Major Harold Webb
Crew
- Gavin Hood - Director
- Guy Hibbert - Writer
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