Eagle Eye is the new movie staring Shia Labeouf (Transformers and Indiana Jones 4) and Billy Bob Thorton (Sling Blade, Armageddon and former husband to Angelina Jolie).

Plot: Jerry Shaw (Labeouf) receives a mysterious phone call from a woman he has never met. The person on the other end of the phone threatens Jerry’s life and basically controls everything around him. The lady on the phone leads him from one adventure to the next. Jerry doesn’t know why he has been contacted, but with every phone call Jerry gets in more and more trouble with the law.

The movie starts off great, but quickly takes a nose dive. It is action packed and has a good cast. The problem is what they do with the movie. It is basically the movies “Enemy of the State”, “I-Robot”, and the first scene in the “Matrix” (where they talk to Neo on the phone and tell him where to go) all rolled up into one. I give it a Thumb to the side.

Rob’s Rating System: Two Thumbs up = I loved it, worth paying full price, and I will own it on DVD.
One Thumb up = An OK movie, worth a matinee showing, and I may buy it on DVD if I see it in the $5 bin.
Thumb to the side = Wait and rent it. I wouldn’t be mad if someone gave me this DVD, but I wouldn’t buy it.
Thumbs down = I hated it, wish I wouldn’t have wasted money on it, wouldn’t own it on DVD.