Maps of Movies

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Where Eye in the Sky says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A drone strike decided in four countries, and none of the rooms were where the film says they were

Scenes and places

Powell takes command at Northwood (2015)

Colonel Powell learns an undercover agent has been killed and takes command of a mission to capture Al-Shabaab leaders meeting in Nairobi. She briefs the superior who will back her, and the chain of command begins.

Set in Northwood Headquarters — The British military headquarters from which Colonel Powell runs the operation. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A military headquarters in north-west London, home of British joint command.

The drone crew in Nevada (2015)

Lieutenant Steve Watts joins his crew in a Nevada briefing room and meets Colonel Powell over video. Their job is to watch a Nairobi house from the sky and hold their fire.

Set in Creech Air Force Base — The US Air Force base in Nevada from which the MQ-9 Reaper is flown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A remote airfield in the Nevada desert where US drone crews fly missions across the world.

Filmed at Beaufort West, South Africa — The Nevada-like desert around Beaufort West stood in for Nevada. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The COBRA meeting room in London (2015)

General Benson arrives at COBRA and walks the ministers through the capture plan. When the mission turns to kill, no one wants to own the decision and it is sent higher.

Set in COBRA meeting room, London — The London crisis room where ministers and a general oversee the mission.

The room where British ministers meet to handle national emergencies.

The Nairobi safe house and market square (2015)

Field agent Jama Farah watches the house through tiny insect cameras while the targets arm two suicide bombers. A girl named Alia sells bread outside the target, and every decision now has to weigh her.

Set in Nairobi safe house and the square beside it — The Nairobi neighbourhood where the targets gather and Alia sells bread next door. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Nairobi is the Kenyan capital; the film places the target house in one of its neighbourhoods.

Filmed at Cape Town Film Studios, South Africa — The bombed town square was built as a movie set at the studios. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Faces matched in Hawaii (2015)

Powell presses the Hawaii analysts to confirm who is walking into the house. Every positive ID pushes the mission closer to a lethal decision.

Set in Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor — The Hawaii centre that runs facial recognition on the targets. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Pearl Harbor is the US naval base on Oahu.

The Foreign Secretary in Singapore (2015)

The Foreign Secretary is pulled out of a trade mission to rule on the strike. He passes the American part of it up to the US Secretary of State and asks COBRA to minimise civilian harm.

Set in Singapore — Where the UK Foreign Secretary is when the question reaches him. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A city-state in Southeast Asia and a major trading hub.

Alia's family rushes to hospital (2015)

After the second missile, Alia's parents reach her and rush her to a hospital. The operation's cost is no longer on a screen.

Set in Nairobi hospital — A Nairobi hospital where Alia's parents take her. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A hospital in the Kenyan capital.

Characters

• Colonel Katherine Powell — A British Army colonel who commands the capture mission from Northwood.
• Lieutenant Steve Watts — A US Air Force pilot who flies the drone from Nevada.
• Lieutenant General Frank Benson — A British general who takes the mission to COBRA.
• Jama Farah — An undercover Kenyan field agent who runs cameras on the ground in Nairobi.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the bombed Nairobi square in Eye in the Sky really built?
• Where is the Nevada base in Eye in the Sky really filmed?