When he arrives at his flat, he is met by his landlady who tells him that a delivery of boxes was made to his flat earlier... Jerry stuffs a wad of money into her hands and enters his flat. Once again, he is stunned to discover that his landlady wasn't exaggerating when she said the boxes were nearly stacked to the ceiling! Not knowing what to make of everything that's happening to him, Jerry goes through a few of the boxes and discovers that they contain some serious military weaponry... sniper bullets, top secret documents, forged passports, rifles, explosives, etc. Thinking that things just can't get any worse, his cell phone rings and a female voice tells him that he's been activated, and that he has 30 seconds to get out of his flat before the FBI show up to arrest him for being a terrorist. Panicked, Jerry attempts to get more information from the woman, but she continues her countdown whilst urging him to escape... and before Jerry can get to grips with the situation he's been forced into, the FBI break his door down and arrest him.

'Eagle Eye' is a fascinating film... albeit a bit slow at the start. Give it a few minutes, and you'll be glad you did because it's going to take you on an amazing rollercoaster ride crammed with special-effects and non-stop action - and half an hour into the film time will literally flitter away!

The story is very clever, and the dialogue is exactly as I like it with no unnecessary chitchat. Although the opening scenes are pretty staid and tedious, it is a necessary part of the movie that must be watched in order to understand the logic behind the outcome - although I reckon I could have done just fine without it. In fact, a verbal explanation at some point in the movie would have sufficed for me - but what's done is done, the scenes are there, and although the majority will be stifling yawns through those scenes they in no way spoil the film.

As for Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan who respectively play Jerry and Rachel, there does tend to be a lack of sparks between them, and although romantically unsuited for each other, they work extremely well together as partners in 'crime'... so to speak. Their relationship is totally believable because they don't come on to each other or attempt to insert romance into any of the scenes - what they share is a desire to find out who the woman is, and to stop her from harming Rachel's son. The writers did not linger on romantic intrigue, which is great because Shia La Beouf isn't all that good an actor when it comes to playing a tender-hearted Romeo.