Eye in the Sky

About Eye in the Sky

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts 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 th…

Eye in the Sky is a 2015 thriller war film directed by Gavin Hood. It runs 102 minutes and was released in September 2015.

The film is filed under US military, drone, air force base, and combat drone.

Helen Mirren stars as Colonel Katherine Powell, Aaron Paul as Steve Watts, Alan Rickman as Lieutenant General Frank Benson, and Barkhad Abdi as Jama Farah. The screenplay is by Guy Hibbert. Produced by Entertainment One Features.

Good Kill, The A-Team, and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay make useful companions to Eye in the Sky. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 1,797 votes and it carries a R rating.