Eye in the Sky
2015
***
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen, John Heffernan, Babou Ceesay, Monica Dolan, Richard McCabe
While a group of wanted terrorists plot a suicide bombing, British and American military and government officials are forced to weigh the legal and political repercussions of a potential drone strike on a house in Nairobi. When a young Kenyan girl strays in the danger zone, this interesting but slightly implausible drama becomes a story about the moral and ethical problems of remote-controlled warfare. At times, the film is almost comically dry, as the decision makers discuss around big tables and shun responsibility. Is there a legal argument for letting the girl sell her bread? is not the snappiest line of dialogue.
