I get annoyed with movies that shy away from morally ambiguous subjects, and instead give the viewer an expected, often times happier, ending. Eye in the Sky was not that sort of movie. At the core of the film is a question raised by Star Trek so many years ago: how do we value life? How do you weigh 80 potential deaths to 1 certain death? Does it matter if that death is a child?
The movie did a good job of resisting any certainties. There were always other options available to the mission operators, and all of them had terrible consequences. Eye in the Sky also did a good job showing the logistical nightmare faced by people looking to perform a military operation. It explored all the legal, political, and militaristic ramifications of each action taken and not taken. No one felt good about the choice made, and no one felt good about not making the choice.
I really "enjoyed" the movie, as much as one can enjoy such a dark film that is completely incapable of ending happily.
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