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Faisa Hassan | ... |
Fatima Mo'Allim
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Aisha Takow | ... |
Alia Mo'Allim
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Armaan Haggio | ... |
Musa Mo'Allim
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Bob Chappell | ... |
Simon Powell
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Alex Gallafent | ... |
Reporter
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Babou Ceesay | ... |
Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq
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Carl Beukes | ... |
Sergeant Mike Gleeson
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Kate Liquorish | ... |
Female Sergeant
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Richard Stephenson | ... |
Staff Sergeant
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Gabriella Pinto | ... |
Female Corporal
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Tylan Wray | ... |
Male Corporal
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Hossain Dahir | ... |
Driver One
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Mondé Sibisi | ... |
Muhammad Abdisalaam
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EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) 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. Written by Bleecker Street
War has changed over the years, now it's mostly fought in booth and meeting tables on far sides of globe. One would not think that this set-up works like a charm in creating tension, perhaps even better than any display of bullet spree in recent time. A collaboration effort of great cast portraying parties of many countries as they battle for morale and literally inches of survival.
This is a scouting mission played by drone, the eye in the sky, as it follows extremist faction. It's monitored by different parties with different agendas as the nature of the mission gets more volatile with each passing moment. Hellen Mirren and Alan Rickman are particularly amazing in their roles, pushing the seemingly cold yet necessary tactic.
Barkhad Abdi serves as the ground unit, he's the one who experiences the actual mission first hand. It's ridiculously gratifying how the mission hinges on trivial stuffs one would take for granted and how the lives at stake merely go about their daily routines and never knowing that their fates are decided right that moment by strangers.
There's an intense argument when they need to respond with lethal force. It escalates extremely rapidly with many clashing ideologies, there's no exact truth or right course of action to take, and nearly every compromise can be fatal. It's exceptionally well done, even to the point that administrative squabble is done with appealing urgency.
An exceptionally engaging thriller, "Eye in the Sky" gives a perspective to espionage warfare and more importantly, genuine human nature.