Eagle Eye is a 2008 American espionage action-thriller film directed
by D. J. Caruso, written by John Glenn, Travis Adam Wright, Hillary
Seitz, and Dan McDermott and stars Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan,
and Billy Bob Thornton. The plot follows two strangers who must go on
the run together after receiving a mysterious phone call from an
unknown woman who is using information and communications technology
to track them.The film was released in traditional theaters and IMAX
theaters on September 26, 2008 and grossed $178 million worldwide.In
January 2009, Stanford University dropout Jerry Shaw learns that his
identical twin brother Ethan, an officer in the U.S. Air Force, has
been killed. Following the funeral, Jerry is surprised to find
US$750,000 (equivalent to about $891,000 in 2019) in his bank account
and his apartment filled with illicit items. He receives a phone call
from a woman who warns that the FBI is about to arrest him and he
needs to run. Jerry is caught by the FBI and interrogated by
Supervising Agent Tom Morgan.While Morgan confers with Air Force OSI
Special Agent Zoe Pérez, the woman on the phone arranges for Jerry's
escape and directs him to Rachel Holloman, a single mother. The woman
on the phone is coercing Rachel by threatening her son Sam, who is
aboard the Capitol Limited en route to the Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C. with his school band. The woman on the phone helps
the two avoid law enforcement by controlling networked devices,
including traffic lights, mobile phones, automated cranes, and even
power lines.
by D. J. Caruso, written by John Glenn, Travis Adam Wright, Hillary
Seitz, and Dan McDermott and stars Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan,
and Billy Bob Thornton. The plot follows two strangers who must go on
the run together after receiving a mysterious phone call from an
unknown woman who is using information and communications technology
to track them.The film was released in traditional theaters and IMAX
theaters on September 26, 2008 and grossed $178 million worldwide.In
January 2009, Stanford University dropout Jerry Shaw learns that his
identical twin brother Ethan, an officer in the U.S. Air Force, has
been killed. Following the funeral, Jerry is surprised to find
US$750,000 (equivalent to about $891,000 in 2019) in his bank account
and his apartment filled with illicit items. He receives a phone call
from a woman who warns that the FBI is about to arrest him and he
needs to run. Jerry is caught by the FBI and interrogated by
Supervising Agent Tom Morgan.While Morgan confers with Air Force OSI
Special Agent Zoe Pérez, the woman on the phone arranges for Jerry's
escape and directs him to Rachel Holloman, a single mother. The woman
on the phone is coercing Rachel by threatening her son Sam, who is
aboard the Capitol Limited en route to the Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C. with his school band. The woman on the phone helps
the two avoid law enforcement by controlling networked devices,
including traffic lights, mobile phones, automated cranes, and even
power lines.
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