REVIEW - Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye does not even deserve a review.

It's that ridiculous.

I was trying to figure out if it was ridiculously hilarious or hilariously ridiculous, and I've decided it was hilariously ridiculous because it wasn't really hilarious but it was ridiculous to a hilarious degree. A fine line, I know.

It does actually seem to follow its own internal logic for much of the film, but it is filled with a lot of plot contrivances and various other baloney meant to propel the plot forward that would, in any other film, stretch credulity to the breaking point. Here, you just have to go with it. Although I'm still a bit mystified at some of Shia LeBoeuf's actions at the climax of the film. Yes, they ensure a heroic and happy ending, but 1) he should have had the Secret Service take care of things, and since he didn't 2) he should have been killed in the process of doing what he did.

Is that vague enough for no spoilers? I don't really care.

There is a pretty brutal car chase in the first act of the film. Director DJ Caruso realizes that he is not John Frankenheimer, William Friedkin, or John Landis and substitutes geography for maximum demolition derby carnage. Michelle Monaghan is pretty cute. Billy Bob Thornton realizes he is not going to win any awards for the film, so he has some fun with his role. I know a lot of you guys like Rosario Dawson, but she does nothing for me. Sorry. But here, she's mostly wasted except at the end when she [spoiler spoiler]. Also, there is a character named Bowman, which is a reference to a certain Stanley Kubrick film that the concept of this film sort of rips off. If you're picking up what I'm putting down than I've spoiled two thirds of the film for you.

There is nothing serious about this film except the fact that it tries to take itself seriously. Eagle Eye is the cinematic equivalent of a kid trying to buy cheap beer with a fake ID that says his name is Dilip Nalpathanshal and he is 45 years old.