Tss5078
Major Tom Egan (Ethan Hawke) is a decorated Air-force pilot, who after five deployments, has been assigned to a base in Las Vegas, where he conducts drones strikes over Afghanistan. He hates his job and feels like a coward, but things get a whole lot worse, when the CIA commissions his team to start doing questionable jobs. Egan starts to come apart and take it out on his co-workers and family, leading to an uncertain future. IFC films are right at the top of my list right now as the absolute best in independent film. Seldom have they disappointed me, and I wouldn't describe my feelings about Good Kill as disappointed, but rather indifferent. This film, based on a true story, was exceptionally written and features a fantastic director and an amazing cast, but it also moves at a snails pace and is extremely repetitive. It's just drone strike, reaction, intervention, repeat, over and over again, followed by an ending that wasn't all that surprising. Ethan Hawke gives a powerful performance, despite the fact that he lacks the kind of emotion this role sorely needed. I understand that having Egan be this stone cold guy on the outside is a major theme, but it also makes for a lot of seemingly endless conversations and interactions. Good Kill has a lot of elements I look for in a movie, it's well written, has a cast I really enjoy, a director I know very well, still, it's lacking in emotion and levity. The film is monotonous and much longer than it had to be, all in all, not bad, but not great.
regreg-25683
It too true, too realistic, too brutally honest, to Americans. Your brain will hurt, your American proud will be hurt. So no wonder it's only made some 300K$ at box office. LOL. As one of the solider said, we can kill faster than they make it, guess lots Americans think the same...well hope U.S.A understands, he is talking about genocide an entire race, well, which indeed can be an outcome of the vicious circle.
stronald1
A daring movie about a painful subject.I'm so glad that from time to time there's a movie with a good, honest and true story and with good performers. True and honest, no matter how it will make you look or feel. I could really feel the characters, especially Ethan Hawke with his master performance!Honest story and honest acting.
Gordon-11
This film tells the story of a drone pilot in the air force, who is tasked to kill terrorists in Afghanistan. As the commands get more dubious, he gets into a battle with his own morality.An interesting thing about "Good Kill" is the widespread use of static cameras. Even when two people are talking to each other, the camera do not cut from one person to another, instead the camera stays at a constant position with both people in view. It is unusual to see this in a big film.As for the story, it is a gripping story about whether it is right or wrong to kill someone thousands of miles away. There is the societal level debate, and a personal level debate in the film. The battle in his inner self is competing to be more destructive than the battle far away. It is a thought provoking story.
AD
