Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky

102 mins | Drama, Thriller, War | March 10, 2016

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.

Eye in the Sky

102 mins | Drama, Thriller, War | March 10, 2016

Eye in the Sky
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Raindog Films, Entertainment One Features
Original title Eye in the Sky
Directors Sonja Lowicki, Robyn Glaser, Andre Weavind, Morag Cameron, Gavin Hood
Writers Guy Hibbert

Cast

Helen Mirren

as Colonel Katherine Powell

Aaron Paul

as Steve Watts

Alan Rickman

as Lieutenant General Frank Benson

Barkhad Abdi

as Jama Farah

Jeremy Northam

as Brian Woodale

Phoebe Fox

as Carrie Gershon

Armaan Haggio

as Musa Mo'Allim

Aisha Takow

as Alia Mo'Allim

Monica Dolan

as Angela Northman

Richard McCabe

as George Matherson

Babou Ceesay

as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq

John Heffernan

as Major Harold Webb

Michael O'Keefe

as Ken Stanitzke

Laila Robins

as Ms. Jillian Goldman

Iain Glen

as James Willett

Faisa Hassan

as Fatima Mo'Allim

Bob Chappell

as Simon Powell

Alex Gallafent

as Reporter

Carl Beukes

as Sergeant Mike Gleeson

Kate Liquorish

as Female Sergeant

Richard Stephenson

as Staff Sergeant

Gabriella Pinto

as Female Corporal

Tylan Wray

as Male Corporal

Hossain Dahir

as Driver One

Mondé Sibisi

as Muhammad Abdisalaam

Warren Masemola

as Agent Atieno

Lemogang Tsipa

as Matt Levery

Paul Spaulding

as Command Support Staff

Gavin Hood

as Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

Kenneth Fok

as First Crewman

Zak Rowlands

as Second Crewman - K. Moore

Henry Pilime

as Parklands Gate Guard

Sammy Maina

as Parklands Gate Guard

Hassan Abdullah

as Shahid Ahmed

Ebby Weyime

as Damisi

Vusi Kunene

as Major Moses Owiti

Mohammed Ali Sahra

as Militia Leader

Chaltu Ahmed

as Poor Woman

Francis Chouler

as Jack Cleary

Ed Suter

as Benson's Aide-De-Camp

Roberto Meyer

as Rasheed Hamud

Omar Abu Kadir

as Driver Two

Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht

as Lucy Galvez

James Alexander

as Image Analyst

Dileef Rahim

as Amadu Gate Guard

Robert Omache

as Amadu Gate Guard

Istar Takow

as Woman Buying Bread

Bronson Mwangi

as Kenyan Captain

Lex King

as Susan Danford / Ayesha Al-Hady

Andrew Ahula

as Street Vendor (Buckets)

Hilowli Hassan

as Militia Man

Abdi Mohamed Osman

as Amadu Mukhtar

Dek Hassan

as Abdullah Al-Hady

Ali Mohamed

as Khalid

Ma Mohamed

as Osman Abade

Jessica Jones

as Kate Barnes

Daniel Fox

as Tom Bellamy

Graham Hopkins

as Nigel Adler

Sonia Esgueira

as Esther Alvarez

Mohamed Fidow

as Abdi Militia Soldier

Sabrina Hassan Abdulle

as Woman Buying Bread

Fatima Mohamed Mohamud

as Woman Buying Bread

Fowzia Dahir

as Woman Buying Bread

Fatumo Sheknoor Ali

as Pedestrian

Hamdi Adam Shire

as Pedestrian

Thelma Mabina

as Nurse

Sandile Ntobla

as Doctor