Eye in the Sky: Film about terrorist attack in Kenya debuts in local cinemas

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British film, Eye in the Sky about a possible terror attack in Kenya hit the local cinemas on the April 8.

The film features Somali actor Barkhad Abdi who made his Hollywood debut in the award winning Captain Phillips about Somali Pirates. The thriller follows Colonel Katherine Powell played by Helen Mirren who commands a mission from Sussex to capture high-level terrorists meeting in a safe house in Nairobi. A drone controlled from Nevada by pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) provides aerial surveillance, while undercover Kenyan field agents including Jama Farah played by Barkhad Abdi use short-range video bugs for ground intel.