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Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky

I am invisible. I am inaudible. The enemy's fate is in my hands.

2007 · 90 min · ★ 6.7 · Action, Crime, Thriller

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.

Directed by Yau Nai-Hoi · Written by Au Kin-Yee

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