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The Kill Team

2019

Dan Krauss

Alexander Skarsgård, Nat Wolff, Rob Morrow, Adam Long ...

5.3

1,339

War When Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff), a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic leader, Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), he considers reporting them to higher-ups but the heavily-armed, increasingly violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear that he’ll be the next target. From ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Nick Schager Variety	"'The Kill Team' is most valuable — and chillingly effective — as an exposé of the means by which honorable young military men grow comfortable with perpetrating heinous crimes."	POS
United States	Monica Castillo The Wrap	"[It] is both a tense moral thriller and a disheartening account of our country’s actions abroad (...) Krauss’ biggest achievement with this new project is that he hasn’t let this story slip into America’s collective amnesia"	POS
United States	John Fink The Film Stage	"It’s impossible to ignore the statements Krauss is making five years after telling this story in his acclaimed documentary"	POS
United States	Roxana Hadadi AV Club	"[It] ends up feeling anticlimactic (...) 'The Kill Team' paints a portrait of American exceptionalism. But it never quite shocks or awes."	NEU
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"A bit redundant, but powerful nonetheless thanks to the two leads."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Krauss’ shines a harsh and bracing light on what it means to be on the frontlines of a war that 'we' have been fighting since the turn of the century"	POS
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"Its reflection on both the inherent violence of war and the loss of a sense of mission among the occupiers remains incomplete (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Dan Krauss’ drama offers very little insight into the minds of these men, and we’re left with no satisfying takeaway. It’s just one upsetting scene after another.(...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Adam Graham Detroit News	"An involving story of the ways war corrupts from within (...) Wolff is credible as a young, impressionable soldier, but it's Skarsgård who steals the show"	POS
United Kingdom	Stephen Whitty Screendaily	"At its core, 'The Kill Team' has one great performance, and some important things to say (...) It’s well worth watching, and thinking on."	POS

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