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Drones

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Drones

Released Jun 27, 2014

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

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Two Air Force pilots in Nevada use an unmanned aerial vehicle to probe the Afghan mountain compound of a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

A middling real-time thriller that chronicles a fictive crisis for two Air Force personnel, who find themselves at loggerheads when they spot an apparent terrorist thousands of miles away on surveillance video.

Jun 27, 2014

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Mike D'Angelo

AV Club

Drones is the equivalent of an issue-driven movie about the NSA featuring agents who feel really creepy about spying on people. That's not the problem.

Rated: C

Jun 26, 2014

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Travis Hopson

Examiner.com

While Rick Rosenthal's Drones has the balls to attack the issue head on, the lack of nuance in tackling a complex issue undermines his efforts and that of a game cast.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 28, 2014

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Sam Fragoso

The Dissolve

Drones is in constant combat against itself, poorly balancing searing commentary on excessive drone use and rampant stupidity.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 26, 2014

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Prairie Miller

WBAI Radio

When horror movies and history meet. And with a disturbing and discomforting persistent dread, Drones is in no way standard entertainment, nor should it be. Or as Dirty Wars doc director Jeremy Scahill solemnly observed, 'You can't surrender to a drone.'

Jun 25, 2014

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Drone Warfare or Video Games? Powerful, gripping drama with faultless acting from Mumford and O'Leary. SPOILER. The "iron" is only dropped when for Mumford it becomes personal. Okay, so O'Leary's role reversal isn't totally convincing, but this is a drama about ideas and the positions people take to adjust to their situations. And of course we are left to wonder was the target a terrorist? Cannot understand film's low rating on RT.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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utterly absurd propaganda film with no kind of ending

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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I'm sure this movie set out to raise and deal with a particularly difficult issue about war, killing and killing innocents. Not sure it fully addressed it, but there is some drama and suspense in this portrayal.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Absolutely boring! No drone or any kind of battle in this movie. Just two stupid young solder who are incapable to do there job.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Drones is in constant combat against itself, poorly balancing searing commentary on excessive drone use and rampant stupidity. I say SKIP IT!!!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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This movie seriously sucks.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

Two Air Force pilots in Nevada use an unmanned aerial vehicle to probe the Afghan mountain compound of a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist.

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Producer: Trent Broin, James C. Hart, Nick Morton, Rick Rosenthal, Matt Witten
Screenwriter: Matt Witten
Distributor: Phase 4 Films
Production Co: Whitewater Films, Khaos Digital
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 19, 2016
Runtime: 1h 39m

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