Eye in the Sky

Plot overview

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, and personal implications of modern warfare.

Director

Gavin Hood

Cast

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  Helen Mirren

  Colonel Katherine Powell

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  Aaron Paul

  Steve Watts

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  Alan Rickman

  Lieutenant General Frank Benson

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  Barkhad Abdi

  Jama Farah

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  Jeremy Northam

  Brian Woodale

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  Phoebe Fox

  Carrie Gershon

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  Armaan Haggio

  Musa Mo'Allim

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  Aisha Takow

  Alia Mo'Allim