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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 the moral, political,… From TMDB

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2024

    full metal jacket hot take much like fight club and every anti war movie is yeah they’re misunderstood by the right but the appeal stems from the camaraderie this is partly why the excellent Eye in the Sky, which everyone should watch, is the only anti war film that manages to not be pro war

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  • Rick Graham 🇨🇦 @rwgraham.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2026

    Next up before movie time, “Eye in the Sky” By The Alan Parsons Project. Boy, the full stereo system sure sounds good!

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  • Susan Davis Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    Excellent double entendre with the film ‘Eye in the Sky’ for #WeekFforFilms in the #AlphabetChallenge and the #FebruARTy theme #eyes. Also a great photograph of an elephant’s eye! Score!

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    and i think this is also true for anti war films in the same way, and a good movie that manages to avoid glorification, sense of purpose, and is extremely isolating for the main character is Eye in the Sky. i think you could absolutely do it for a anti hero outside of the anti war genre

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  • Matt Eminem @legalleadtheway.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    This 'Eye in the Sky' movie clip conflates NCV with collateral damage estimate (CDE), but if you mentally replace CDE with NCV you get the idea. NCV just tells us *which commander* is to make proportionality decisions.

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  • Doctor Memory @blank.orgBluesky · Jun 29, 2024

    Purely my opinion but no: DADOES was written during his peak “cranking out 5 novels a year on meth to pay the bills” period, was basically a mashup of two earlier short stories, and wouldn’t be considered notable if they hadn’t adapted it into a movie. Start with “UBIK” or “Eye in the Sky.”

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    TRIVIA: ‘Eye In The Sky’ was the last live-action film to feature Alan Rickman, who passed away on January 14, 2016. The film was dedicated to his memory. (Wikipedia) 🖤

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  • Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    A few years ago I saw a film called Eye In The Sky, where most of the plot is about the legality of dropping a Hellfire on a terrorist cell in a populated area. I remember thinking it was perhaps a bit overdone, but recent events are tending to show that force without legal oversight is a Bad Thing.

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  • Rob is reading The Air Campaign (Mets)🧭 @robisreading.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2025

    I used to make a joke whenever Top Gun came up that it was more of a Navy movie and people would be like "Okay what's the Air Force movie?" and I would joke that it was Transformers but the real answer is Eye in the Sky.

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2024

    ktp switching her opinion on the objective greatness of Eye in the Sky as an antiwar movie

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2023

    if you don’t want to your film/show to glorify war or <insert choice topic> you gotta cut out comradery. this is why Eye in the Sky (2015) is the only anti war movie that manages to not glorify war. Its also why imo fight club is so popular with people it’s satirizing

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  • Berg on a Wire @bergonawire.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    #MayMovieChallenge Female soldier in a movie Eye in the Sky (2015) Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell

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  • MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    Finally #w THE SHADOW'S EDGE & was surprised to find its a remake of the excellent Eye In The Sky, which Korea remade as Eagle Eye. Its a film I love, so a version with the action turned up to 11 is definitely welcome! Not just Jackie's best film for ages, but his best acting too. #Actionsky

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  • Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    NEW PUBLICATION: "The Ticking Bomb Drone Strike: Drone Warfare and Emergency Ethics in Eye in the Sky", in a new book called Human Rights in the Age of Drones. I've written a lot on this film, and I'm proud to publish this concise version of my thoughts on it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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  • Defenestration Now @windelina.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2025

    Xanadu movie soundtrack (you may scoff but ELO brought the bangers) Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project Both have been road-trip musts for decades

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  • Simon Abrams, King of the Witches @simonsaybrams.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    Trying to figure out if I want to go to a late movie tonight--A Mohanlal rom-com? A Jackie Chan remake of EYE IN THE SKY?--or just stay home and watch something at home so I can be with the cat...

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  • edeath @edithcharles.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    Tonight's film here at Tuckingham Palace is Gavin Hood's portrait of a drone strike, Eye In The Sky (2015).

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  • 🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2025

    The Eye in the Sky film has a similar thing as a plot point and its a great thing for students to wrestle with.

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  • Birb_at_Arms @birblib.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2024

    Yeah, I think there needs to be at least one fairly popular film about Ukraine or another modern drone war to get the idea out there. I guess there's Eye in the Sky, but that's set in a different era and the story is mostly about British people being indecisive.

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2023

    it’s not my fav of his but i’m going with his last film, Eye in the Sky it’s the only war movie I can think of that manages to avoid being pro war. There’s no glory, purpose, and importantly comradery to be had at all.

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2023

    nways watch Eye in the Sky it’s a great film www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpen...

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    🎂 Happy Birthday, Aaron Paul! Your favorite Aaron Paul movie... that isn't No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad or Eye in the Sky. Go. 🎬 More on Aaron Paul: https://todayinmovies.com/actor/aaron-paul #TodayInMovies #FamousBirthdays

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  • Dukenfield @dukenfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Thriller Eye In The Sky (2015 102mins.) starring Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman and Aaron Paul. [BBC1 22.40 & iPlayer for 30 days] letterboxd.com/film/eye-in-...

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  • kurtsh @kurtshMastodon · Apr 28, 2026

    Warning #GenX... this rare clip of a live performance may touch your very SOUL. ▶️ The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project "Sirius" - "Eye In The Sky" (Live in Columbia) https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZRGzx31iQ&si=HK99qR7L_Qfq-5dQ #alanparsonsproject #sirius #eyeinthesky

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  • Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    Just imagine an ‘Eye in the Sky’ type movie based on the *reality, not fiction, of murder of 160 school children in Iran by the Trump admin

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  • Anne Carlet Arnera @annecarletarnera.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    Introduce yourself with: 1 movie 1 book 1 TV show 1 album Les caprices d'un fleuve Regards from the Dead Princess All of Arte Eye in the Sky- Alan Parson Project

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  • pioshfd.bsky.social @pioshfd.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2025

    Watched The Shadow's Edge the other day. Didn't know it was a reimagining of Eye in the Sky which Cold Eyes was a remake of, a movie I greatly enjoyed. Jackie Chan training police officers how to surveil targets is fun. I think Tony Leung Ka-fai steals the show here as the merciless mastermind.

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  • Graham M. @bgmax2.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2025

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5RE... "Never tell a soldier that he does not know the cost of war." - Alan Rickman, as Lt General Frank Benson, delivers a great monologue in his final film roll. "Eye in the Sky" (2015)

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  • Paddy O’Loughlin @paddyoloughlin.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2025

    I haven’t seen Eye In the Sky, but the bit about most anti-war movies end up glorifying war is correct. My pick for actually-anti-war movie is Paths Of Glory. There is nothing cool or noble in its depiction at all

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  • Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    I recall the movie Eye in the Sky (which was about drone warfare) had an insect sized spy drone. At the time it looked a bit sci-fi. Now there really is such a drone.

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  • Shiboof @oldpostie.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2025

    Did you ever see Eye In the Sky? That film was gobsmacking to me! Literally tiny flying bugs for surveillance? How easily innocents are killed...🤧

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  • Qwiksylvr 🇨🇦 @qwiksylvr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    You remember that movie with Helen Mirren called Eye in the Sky? It's time to start engineering some of this bullshit and using it on people that are in positions they ought not to be in. When Hollywood make believe should be reality. www.imdb.com/title/tt2057...

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  • Kelsey Ketch 🕊️🌻🫒🐈‍⬛ @kelseyketch.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — Waypoints: My Scottish Journey One movie 🎥 — Stargate One album 💿 — Eye in The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project One TV show 📺 — Eureka

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  • Gojira007 @gojira007.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2023

    I will also agree, but I also want to give a shout-out to Rickman's role in "Eye in the Sky" too (which honestly strikes me as a bit of an underrated movie all aroubd, really).

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  • ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2023

    my spicy take on this, which came from why i think Eye in the Sky(2015) works so well as one of the only antiwar movie that doesn’t glorify war, is that its not misunderstanding them, which sure plenty of them do, but the appeal of friendships and purpose they offer Its the same thing with this imo

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  • Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2023

    They already made a variation on this movie, it had Helen Mirren, it was called Eye in the Sky, it was good.

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  • Jayne is in it for the snacks @eyegah.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    I know it's a parenthetical, but Israeli military trainers saw Eye In The Sky and said yes, please? A movie about the toll of drone warfare??

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  • 🎃Out-of-Network Doctor Benway🎃 @docbenway.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    This movie wanted to be Eye in the Sky crossed with Extraction, and sometimes it sort of is, but I don’t think it understands the beautiful absurdity of the scene Robert is describing so it’s better than either of those movies.

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  • Robbie @robbiemarka.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2026

    I've not seen Eye in the Sky (and not available here) but I was shocked by the sheer amount of dialogue in what was an action film. I have no issue with dialogue, but much of it was white noise.

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Alice, Darling on Film4, Eye In The Sky on Sky Max, Edge Of Seventeen on Sky Comedy or Internal Affairs on Legend. At 10, Truman Show on TLC. At 10.55, Buried on Legend Xtra. At 11pm, Queer on BBC2. At 11.45, The Great Dictator on Sky Arts. At 12.55am, Heat & Dust on Film4 #telly

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  • Channel Heed @channelheed.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    8.5 out of 10 🎬 Movie review for "Eye in the Sky" film by Entertainment One. Clip from @Graham Norton #movie #film #review #eyeinthesky #channelheed

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  • Michael C. Davies @blobodelendaest.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    Eye in the Sky is a whole movie about working a LoW problem.

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  • Douglas Fir @douglasfir.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    My Joker origin story will be the next time I’m transitioning from Sirius to Eye in the Sky and I get a fucking Ryan Reynolds mint mobile commercial. Idk if that makes sense I haven’t seen the film.

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  • Celestial Body @supercelestial.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    Rickman was political until his last days. His last onscreen performance was with Helen Mirren in the drama Eye in the Sky, which he had described as "a film about the moral responsibilities governments face regarding the use of drones."

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  • AJ: A Mario Bava Film @ajmacready.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2025

    The last paragraph perfectly sums up my feelings toward the Andrew Powell (Alan Parsons) score for LADYHAWKE. I love that Donner was scouting locations while grooving Eye In The Sky then couldn't separate the album from the movie so *boom* that's the sound of the flick. Cue: decades of hate😂

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  • Raj 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇳💻🖥 (🌻🇺🇦;🇵🇸) @realcainmosni.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    I'm put in mind of the film "Eye in the Sky"... (Brilliant film, and Alan Rickman's last performance. Not that that's relevant.) Without the ethical quandary of harm reduction there would be no film.

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  • Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2024

    Eye in the Sky is a super great film and I'm surprised I didn't hear more about it

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  • Rob is reading The Air Campaign (Mets)🧭 @robisreading.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2024

    Okay this Eye in the Sky movie is pretty good. Cool legal stuff too'

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  • Shiboof @oldpostie.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2024

    You can understand perfectly how precisely drones can be effective in warfare. I was stunned at the depictions in the film 'Eye in the Sky'

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  • 犀川後藤 @lushiluna.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2024

    lushiluna.com/e-eye-in-the... [Movie] Eye in the Sky: A Story That Challenges Our Justice (director Gavin Hood)

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  • Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2024

    It was such a pleasure discussing the fascinating issues raised by the film 'Eye in the Sky' with Jonathan Hafetz, for a podcast episode cross-posted between 'JIB/JAB-The Laws of War Podcast,' and the 'Law on Film' podcast. jibjabpodcast.com

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  • Mephtrix @mephtrix.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2023

    Closely followed by Eye In The Sky bc the dude's last film also coincides with a job I had that started this whole "drones witch" gig

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  • Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2023

    Eg “If we don’t take these guys out, they’ll intentionally kill a whole lot of non-combatants; those non-combatants weigh in our proportionality calculus” The movie Eye in the Sky with Helen Mirren discusses this very well.

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Aug 16, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #EyeintheSky #BlackHawkDown Russell Crowe’s 104-Minute War Thriller Is Officially Exploding on Streaming http://dlvr.it/TV2PPV

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, The Long Good Friday on ITV4, The Florida Project on Film4, The Equalizer on Sky One or I Am Legend on BBC3. At 10.40pm, Eye in the Sky on BBC1. At 10.45pm, Live & Let Die on ITV1. At 11.15pm, Pearl on Film4. At 1.20am, Minari on Film4 #telly

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  • penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2026

    Alan Rickman, adored by millions of *Harry Potter* fans, acted in his last movie role, *Eye In The Sky*.

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  • neil1808.bsky.social @neil1808.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    True, but if positioning a high value target next to civilians or their infrastructure protected them, it would encourage that. It's in the #movie, 'Eye in the Sky' & armies have methods to calculate whether a target is worth the collateral damage. #Israel www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkf...

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  • Chris Matthews🇦🇺 @larksong4.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    Re-watch the British film Eye in the Sky and see what real human oversight does. It should be a necessary part of every action involving AI.

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, You Only Live Twice on ITV4, Beau is Afraid on Film4, Runaway Bride on 5Star or Eye In The Sky on Sky Max. At 10.35pm, Saltburn on BBC3. At 11.30pm, Till on BBC2. At 12.40am, Public Enemies on Film4 or Cyrano on BBC3. At 1am, High-Rise on C4 #telly

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  • BlueBoy227 @blueboy227.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    Eye in The Sky. Another good film he was in.

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