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Review: If You Liked "Live Free or Die Hard"...

...then you might find "Eagle Eye" to be mildly enjoyable. The film, like Live Free or Die Hard, requires you to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the movie for what it is. You also need to realize that it's a poor man's version of the latest Die Hard and isn't in the class of it or a film like "Enemy of the State".

The biggest problem is that there really isn't anything there. The characters are blah, the chase is interesting at times but the editing is haphazard and the direction shaky. There are scenes that are kind of cool but not really exciting as they should be. Watching it, you think that a scene is cool but also immediately realize how much better it could have been. It almost feels like a rough draft of a script and a first pass at a movie. It's the type of film that i think should be on the future remake pile because it's a very interesting concept but they didn't quite pull it off.

That being said, it's still entertaining. There are a couple of lulls but nothing too bad. For Shia and director DJ Caruso, it's a definite step up from Disturbia but they still have a ways to go to craft a truly memorable action film. All in all, it's a solid effort.


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