It's war by remote. "Eye in the Sky" lays out just how detached military work can be in these technologically "advanced" times. A soldier (Aaron Paul) sits in a darkened trailer in the Las Vegas desert, watching a video screen and waiting for word on whether he should pull a trigger. If he does, a missile will fire from a drone over Nairobi and smash into a compound where terrorists are suiting up for suicide-bomb attacks. Here's the catch: an innocent girl is selling bread right outside the compound's walls and could be killed by the combined power of the missile and the suicide bombs. British political and military leaders gather in a posh conference room, debating and contacting various world leaders about whether to okay the missile strike. It's fascinating and thought-provoking. (Is the mechanical flying insect that carries a camera into the terrorists' lair a reflection of reality? Who knows, but it's certainly striking.) While "Eye in the Sky" is quietly affecting, director Gavin Hood could have given the proceedings a bit more juice. I thought of the zest that Steven Spielberg gave to the potentially staid "Bridge of Spies" and wished that kind of approach could have made its way into "Eye in the Sky." Still, you can't go wrong with performances by Helen Mirren and the late Alan Rickman.