Helen Mirren spies on terrorists in “Eye in the Sky” trailer (video)

 December 4, 2015 - 17:22 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The first trailer for military action movie "Eye in the Sky" has surfaced online, AceShowbiz said. The movie centers on a top secret drone operation, which aims to capture a group of dangerous terrorists at their safe-house in Nairobi, Kenya.

Helen Mirren stars as a London-based military intelligence officer Colonel Katherine Powell, the commander of the drone operation. The two-minute trailer opens with Alan Rickman's character introducing the team to their commander. He then explains that the mission is to capture Susan Danford, one of the terrorists.

"We believe that they're connected to the recent suicide bombing in Kenya. We have information that they will be in this house today. This is an operation to capture, not kill," Powell says. She then commands a drone pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul), "I have to know if Danford is inside and who is with her."

However, the mission suddenly escalates from a capture to a kill operation when the team finds that one of the terrorists keeps tons of explosives in a room and they are about to embark on a deadly suicide mission. In the trailer, there is also a glimpse of Barkhad Abdi, who stars as an undercover agent.

Joining Mirren in the cast are Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Carl Beukes, Babou Ceesay, Tyrone Keogh and Lex King. Gavin Hood serves behind the lens while Colin Firth, Ged Doherty and Xavier Marchand produce the movie. The action thriller will have a limited release in the U.S. on March 11, 2016.