A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
It’s Top Gun with gamer’s thumb. Ethan Hawke shines in a complex, satisfying character study turned combat thriller.
Required viewing as a critique of US foreign policy but forgettable as a drama, Good Kill is a timely warning, even if it lacks the power of the horrors it depicts.
Ethan Hawke excels in Andrew Niccol's revealing, ultimately compromised film.
Doesn't shake you in your seat, but some very effective moments, and it poses some complex moral questions.
Andrew Niccol’s smart and serious drama never loses sight of the collateral damage as Ethan Hawke’s drone pilot pays a personal price.
Good Kill is successful in showing both the bizarre nature of drone warfare and in making the point that the drone pilots can't bomb with impunity. This isn't a computer game: their actions have consequences for their own lives as well as of those they target in such brutal fashion.
Director Andrew Niccol draws us into the fine details of this hidden military world and airs some meaty arguments about the appliance of science to the act of killing.
Verdict: Unconventional war film
Writer/director Andrew Niccol reteams with Gattaca star Ethan Hawke for this timely dramatic treatise on drone warfare.
Good Kill might have benefited from an even starker approach, one that really let us think out the issues for ourselves.
Good Kill: Tackling the ethics of drone warfare on film
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