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Good Kill (15)

Good Kill (15)

Thriller

A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.


The critical consensus

It’s Top Gun with gamer’s thumb. Ethan Hawke shines in a complex, satisfying character study turned combat thriller.

****(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 06/04/2015

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.

***(*)(*)Matt Glasby, Total Film, 06/04/2015

Ethan Hawke excels in Andrew Niccol's revealing, ultimately compromised film.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 06/04/2015

Doesn't shake you in your seat, but some very effective moments, and it poses some complex moral questions.

***(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 09/04/2015

Andrew Niccol’s smart and serious drama never loses sight of the collateral damage as Ethan Hawke’s drone pilot pays a personal price.

****(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 09/04/2015

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.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 09/04/2015

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.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 10/04/2015

Verdict: Unconventional war film

***(*)(*)Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 10/04/2015

Writer/director Andrew Niccol reteams with Gattaca star Ethan Hawke for this timely dramatic treatise on drone warfare.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 11/04/2015

Good Kill might have benefited from an even starker approach, one that really let us think out the issues for ourselves.

***(*)(*)Jonathan Romney, The Observer, 12/04/2015


Features about Good Kill (15)

Good Kill: Tackling the ethics of drone warfare on film

Genevieve Hassan, BBC, 10/04/2015

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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