Good Kill

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Rosemarie K It came down cheap having "Splash" and "Good kill" repeated all over. It gave a sadistical note to what we call a military operation. The worst was the softness and weaknes of the personnel. These are the thoughphies who deffend our country? if "yes" then OMG! we should run. And the main character....having a carrier crisis that he blews over to become an existential one only because "ha cannot fly". The whole US offence-deffence should be planned around his addiction with danger - a pathetic adrenalin junkie. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review John A 'Good Kill' is Andrew Niccol's fascinating vision on a fairly relevant issue stemming from modern warfare. Be prepared for a growingly intense character study. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/06/23 Full Review ronald h This film does a realistic, heart-stopping job of illustrating the horrors of drone warfare (I use the word "warfare" advisedly because the drones are 10,000 feet in the air and are unseen by the victims). The story is about one Air Force drone operator (Ethan Hawke) who targets suspected terrorists' homes and compounds in Afghanistan and elsewhere on a computer screen from an air conditioned room outside of Las Vegas. Due to the unavoidable collateral damage of women, children, and other innocents, his conscience is eating away at him. He drinks a lot and struggles to maintain his relationship with his wife and kids. Critics are quibbling about the polemical aspect of the film. I had no problem with it. The movie isn't anti-American; it's anti-war. The best line in the film comes from a disillusioned female drone operator in a meeting with her commander. She simply says, "It never ends." That line carries a ton of weight. War will never end. The human desire to dominate and kill will never end. Films like this are important because we should never forget that harsh reality. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A pretty good film which highlights modern warfare and how it affects those involved. Kept me interested throughout, Ethan does a great job as his stability decreases as hard and harder requests are ask of him. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Major Thomas Egan is a fighter pilot who has been regulated to drone pilot on a secret military base somewher near Vegas. He is desperate to leave and get back to the skies but new protocol means he is left grounded and faced with new recruits who belong more in video game arcades than on the field of battle. Good Kill covers very similar ground to Eye in the Sky but whereas Eye in the Sky was very much focused on the moral implications of killing people with limited intelligence from thousands of miles away, this story also looks at the psychological trauma caused to the pilots who have the lives of strangers, many of whom are innocents and counted as collateral damage. Ethan Hawke was a good lead, playing a character who is struggling to justify the deaths on his conscious, especially when his orders start to come from the CIA rather than his immediate generals. Overall I think Eye in the Sky is the better film regarding tension and moral questions but this was a better character study. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Good Kill is a thought-provoking movie, it plays to all sides of positive and negative of Drone warfare. It is less an entertainer more a chilling and dark take on the reality of modern warfare, it is at times boring with some pacing issues, at times bleak with how threat assessments are made and at times very dark with the way deal with such threats, some of the tactics used leaves you wondering who is the terrorist. The casting is superb so is the performances, Ethan Hawk shines in his portrayal. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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