Eye in the Sky

2007 [CANTONESE]

Action / Crime / Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2167 2.2K

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Plot summary

The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice and the other on a notorious criminal he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from filmmaking duo Johnnie To and Nai-Hoi Yau. Of course, the criminal knows all along he's being watched. But that doesn't stop him from trying to pull off the biggest score of his career.

Director

Nai-Hoi Yau Photo
Nai-Hoi Yau

Top cast

Simon Yam Photo
Simon Yam as Sergeant Wong Man-chin / 'Dog Head'
Siu-Fai Cheung Photo
Siu-Fai Cheung as Chief Inspector Chan
Frank Michael Liu Photo
Frank Michael Liu as Shan's Gang Member
Suet Lam Photo
Suet Lam as Ng Tung / 'Fatman'
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823.59 MB
1280*694
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
24 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 2
1.65 GB
1916*1038
Cantonese 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
24 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by safenoe 7 / 10

High tech 2007

Reviewed by Adorable 6 / 10

It's Safe to Look Up

Forget about the intriguing posters for this one. For those expecting a sophisticated updating of Enemy of the State or some such paranoid-conspiracy theory number, much disappointment lies ahead.And it didn't even take Big Brother to stamp out any creativity in the project. Seems like Eye in the Sky fell victim to its own hushed and brief proviso, amounting to one of the most perplexingly short and underwhelming releases so far this year.Expectations run high as Tony Leung Ka Fai and Simon Yam saddle up to what by all rights could have been so much more. Opening sequences do bring with them fleeting glances of the delightful hi-tech, surveillance-rich spy mood the movie's promotional material sort of wanted you to buy into, but that's the extent of titillation they managed here.We soon realize Eye in the Sky is nothing more than yet another cops and robbers affair, and not even remotely one of the more poignant you've never seen. It does come across that director Yau Nai Hoi previously worked with Johnny To and his crew on stuff like The Mission and Expect the Unexpected, but apparently on his own he can't match those classics.Instead, we get a minimal story, paper tiger villains who crumble all too soon and a fatherly good cop character that seemingly can't die. That last one really pooped the party, which sounds mean, but after building up the melodrama in an almost-touching scene having the guy come back from the dead is simply awkward.So both Simon Yam and good old Tony Leung fail to make a lasting impression here, but what about the supporting cast? Well, a mixed bag as usual. Kate Tsui is Little Piggy, a new recruit to the HKPD's surveillance unit, a gathering of people with the knack to be anyone, anywhere and anyhow. They even know where you buy your saltines and soda. That aside, Tsui is OK for some scenes, but overall there's no raving about her output in this film.Likable soap opera Wayne Lai does his best and is impressive, but gets about ten seconds on screen so what can you do? Likewise, Maggie Siu (PTU) is cool as a constantly-cussing commanding madam, albeit doesn't get explored much beyond.To its credit, Eye in the Sky does have numerous instances of the beloved F word, and finally a classic shootout-with-vans-on-a-deserted-Hong Kong-overpass type of deal between the crooks and bemasked tactical unit cops. Not bad that one! Sadly that last exclamation does not apply to the rest of the movie. Eye in the Sky is simply not worth getting excited over nor keeping your peepers peeled for.Rating: * * *
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