Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye, a thriller about two strangers forced into daring tasks by technology, is the third effort from Steven Spielberg (who executive produces) and Shia LaBeouf. Together they constitute one of the most recent and widely followed pairings of an industry juggernaut and a burgeoning star. But one thing's abundantly clear from this movie. These two are no Scorsese-DiCaprio dream team. After the disappointing "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the duo has followed up with an even more dismal movie packed with ludicrous storylines, uninspired characters and dull action.

Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) is your typical twentysomething slacker. His parents wish he would be more like his twin brother Ethan, an Air Force man who recently died in a car accident, but Jerry's happy playing poker and working mind-numbing, low-paying jobs. He is thrust into action however, when the police pursue him for a load of weapons delivered to his apartment that he didn't order.

Meanwhile, single mom Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) is pressured into aiding Jerry when a threat is made on her son's life. Both are being manipulated by an anonymous robotic voice that incessantly calls their cell phones. They better answer or else.

What ensues is a chaotic rehash of other technology-themed thrillers that handled the increasingly relevant and terrifying possibility of uncontrollable machines much better than this weak movie. "Eagle Eye" isn't merely unoriginal, though. For all the implausible twists and turns it throws at the audience, it just isn't that engaging. The action fails to excite, and the two bland leads fail to really connect with viewers, giving us no one to root for and no reason to care.

It's hard to believe that a partnership with Spielberg could be anything but career-boosting but at this rate, LaBeouf might want to start shopping for a new Hollywood BFF.