Hard to suspend disbelief in 'Eagle Eye'

Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) and single mother Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) have never met. He is grieving the death of his twin, she is concerned about her young son Sam (Cameron Boyce), who is travelling to Washington for an important musical recital.

Both receive similar telephone calls informing them to follow explicit instructions or pay a terrible price.

When the mastermind behind the devious scheme reveals her ultimate goal — for Jerry and Rachel to commit murder — the would-be assassins find themselves on the run from FBI special agents Thomas Morgan (Billy Thornton) and Toby Grant (Ethan Embry), and Air Force special agent Zoe Perez (Rosario Dawson).

The people who could save Jerry and Rachel from their 21st century nightmare are now the very same people who want them dead. Viewers will have to play as dumb as the beleaguered heroes. As soon as you question the twisted logic, you realise that survival relies too heavily on luck and coincidence.