I've always had a pet peeve with complicated plots. You know the whole thing where the bad guy actually set up all the events of the film leading to the shocking conclusion? I hate that stuff. The Saw movies are a prime example. The first one worked because it was simple, but the rest were so reliant on everything happening exactly the way they do for the finale to happen.
Eagle Eye, directed by the underrated D.J. Caruso, is about a young man and a single mother who become tangled in a plot orchestrated by a mysterious female who seems to know everything and be one step ahead all the time. Essentially, Eagle Eye is as convoluted a story as any out there. Yet it tries to explain this by having it's antagonist be literally an all-seeing, all-knowing entity thus 'explaining' why the conclusion is not dependant on character choices. Which is nice that for once it's not some regular schmo who has a godlike ability to predict human nature. The problem in Eagle Eye is that it builds itself up to the point that the ending is almost too unbelievable to work no matter the circumstances. You almost expect there is no way the heroes can win and (***SPOILER***) when they do it makes little sense.
Granted, I enjoyed Eagle Eye. It was a solid thriller. Shia Leboooof(or whatever) is witty and charismatic. He's one of those actors who doesn't ruin the film by being smart and quick with a line(See. Ryan Reynolds). He makes the dialogue and the character mesh. Anyways, I thought it was a cool movie. Not great. Definitely not an insult to it's genre.
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