Eagle Eye **

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: D.J. Caruso
Running Length: 1:58
MPAA Classification: PG-13

Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) is a Stanford drop-out who isn’t living up to his full potential. He makes money working at a copy store and playing cards. One day he discovers $750,000 ion his bank account, and returns to his apartment to find it filled with illegal weapons. A phone call warns him that he will be arrested if he doesn’t get out of there ASAP. Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) is hanging out with her girlfriends when she receives a call that her son’s life is in danger if she doesn’t do as she is told. The instructions bring her face to face with Jerry, and together they must follow the instructions if they are to ever return to a normal life.

“Eagle Eye” is less interesting than it initially seems. Once you find out who is pulling Jerry and Rachel’s strings, the movie loses any originality. This movie has been done before, and better. Also, given what this mystery entity can do, you would think a more straightforward plan would be the logical choice. Jerry and Rachel really aren’t needed at all. There are plenty of loud action scenes to distract the viewer from all this, but even they venture a bit over the top. I cannot really recommend “Eagle Eye”, and have to admit to being disappointed by it.