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Good Kill

2014

Andrew Niccol

Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Jake Abel, Zöe Kravitz ...

5.4

1,165

Thriller 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.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"While it eschews the intensity of, say, 'The Hurt Locker' or 'Zero Dark Thirty', (...) the measured tone here makes it all the more riveting."	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"Compelling as the subject may be, its abstract nature would challenge the most skillful of dramatists, and Mr. Niccol’s script seldom rises above slogans, argumentation and standard-brand domestic tension"	NEU
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Andrew Niccol takes on the topical issue of drone strikes in a tense war drama notable for its tact and intelligence."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"A dour, claustrophobic film, offering an acute and stunningly photographed exploration of middle-American banality and moral ambivalence (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Sara Stewart New York Post	"Niccol’s film may not be perfect, but it shines a light on a subject many viewers will know vaguely by name — and not much more (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS

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