Good, manic fun plus a heavy dose of political intrigue adding up to two hours of clamorous, mind-numbing nonsense.
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Monaghan gives a solid performance, and Billy Bob Thornton has sarcastically funny bits as an FBI agent.
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
What Eagle Eye wants to do is show us technology's dark side: all the stuff that's there to make our lives easier - ATMs, PDAs, iPods, GPS, cell phones, PCs, "smart" houses - turned against us in a vast conspiracy.
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The word preposterous is too moderate to describe Eagle Eye. This film contains not a single plausible moment after the opening sequence, and that's borderline. It's not an assault on intelligence. It's an assault on consciousness.
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
VarietyRobert Koehler
The picture's first 35 minutes sizzle until a Byzantine plot nudges the story toward near-parody in the final act.
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A brain-squandering thriller.
40
L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
From tepid start to laughable middle to thudding finish (and the final two minutes smack of a reshoot), it's nothing but a herky-jerky clusterfuck of noise and nonsense.