
A Las Vegas-based fighter pilot turned drone pilot fights the Taliban by remote control for 12 hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his wife and kids for the other 12. But the pilot is starting to question the mission. Is he creating more terrorists than he's killing? Is he fighting a war without end.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Las Vegas-based fighter pilot turned drone pilot fights the Taliban by remote control for 12 hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his wife and kids for the other 12. But the pilot is starting to question the mission. Is he creating more terrorists than he's killing? Is he fighting a war without end.
Leave your thoughts about Good Kill.
| New YorkerAnthony LaneHawke is on a roll right now, and Good Kill stirs him to another performance of cogency and zeal. Is it sufficient, however, to support an entire movie? |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA heart-rending drama about drone warfare that proves there never has been, and there never will, be "a good kill." |
| Fort Worth WeeklyKristian M. LinThe whole issue of drone warfare was addressed far more cogently in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford"Good Kill" has its heart in the right place in questioning the morality of the indiscriminate use of killer drones. |
| NPRJustin ChangIt's a movie that hits every one of its ideological targets, but still winds up missing the mark. |
| SojournersAbby OlceseGood Kill ends up being a ponderous slog, a film that wants to be a conversation-starter but doesn't introduce any new or interesting entry points into that conversation. |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangNiccol’s film takes a somber, nuanced and compelling look at the War on Terror as it is waged by U.S. drone pilots, right up until a final five minutes that, in a shower of pat resolutions and conclusions, delivers something of a surgical strike on the its credibility. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThe film's visuals are its strongest selling point, overhead views of drone kills paralleled with similar shots of the Egan household imparting empathetic vulnerability. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceRates a good conduct award for casting aspersions at America's most shameful military tactic. |
| The Film StageTommaso TocciNiccol's aim is single-minded and relentless. |