Eye In The Sky
Such is the nature of modern warfare that a devastating war can be fought where the enemies are on opposite sides of world and in some cases may never even see the whites of their eyes. Drone Warfare and the robotic, calculative nature of such a war could easily distance the fighters from the human cost of war, but in Eye In The Sky the human cost of war is still a hotly debated issue as a young girl could be the victim of a drone strike on a group of terrorists gearing up for a major terrorist attack. The tension in the film revolves around the moral question whether the young girl is a necessary victim in the bid to stop an even deadlier attack. This moral dilemma adds emotional weight to the story making the film an engaging one and one with an interesting moral center. The film is perhaps most notable for being Alan Rickman’s last on screen appearance and his performance here is fine as is the rest of the cast though Iain Glen’s food poisoning afflicted character is tonally misjudged.