Good Kill

2015 1h 44m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 633

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In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ethan Hawke
Commandant Tom Egan
January Jones
Molly Egan
Zoë Kravitz
Airman Vera Suarez
Jake Abel
M.I.C. Joseph Zimmer
Bruce Greenwood
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Johns
Alma Sisneros
Emily James
Kristen DeVore Rakes
Iris
Dylan Kenin
Capt. Ed Christie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrew Niccol
Writers: Andrew Niccol
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Morocco

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Morocco.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrew Niccol, shot by Amir Mokri. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Zach Staenberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Ethan Hawke and January Jones and Zoë Kravitz carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3297330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Andrew Niccol directs. Amir Mokri behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Zach Staenberg cuts. Produced in United States of America, Morocco. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 11 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Morocco.
3Directed by Andrew Niccol, shot by Amir Mokri. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Zach Staenberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ethan Hawke and January Jones and Zoë Kravitz carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3297330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Amir Mokri
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Zach Staenberg
Production design: Guy Barnes
Costume design: Lisa Jensen
Makeup / hair: Mary Lampert
VFX supervisor: Craig Lyn
Sound: Ethan Beigel
Stunt coordinator: Ed Duran
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $316,472
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Good Kill (2015)

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Reno2016-09-09
★ 5/10
A modern warfare and its effect on the family of a person who involved in it. I like this director's films, because he writes the screenplay for all his films and each were so different with cleverness in narration. Sadly, this is the first one I didn't like. It was very similar to the 'Eye in the Sky', but came before than that and with a stretched storyline. It centres on Thomas, a pilot for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) stationed at an air base in Las Vegas, but fighting combat in the middle-east. Every day he's bombing at the terrorist makes him quite uneasy when the innocents get killed. And on the other hand, failing to handle his family with his professional distress brings more complication and how it ends are the rest of the film. In my view I think the overly sentimentalised great film concept destroyed it. The emotions work fine in the war themes, but here it gives a wrong idea over battle against the terror outfits. Because of a combat officer with the sympathetic mind, that considered as the weakness of a soldier. So it all begins with the writing, if one wants to make a war film, a modern warfare, relying on this kind of storyline brings only anti sentiments from the soldier's perspective and we the people who love our nation. I understand when the main film characters are not physically present at the actual battleground, not easy to draw a good story out of it. And due to the complete absent of a soldier getting injured in a crossfire, they wend for different kind of emotional dealing. The only thing that made me sense was the sexual abuse parts and how it was taken care later. Good actors, good direction, but a weak story and shortfall of some good thrill moments makes it an average. 5/10

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