Good Kill

Major Thomas Egan was once a fighter pilot based in Las Vegas. Now he controls remote drones, destroying enemies on the other side of the earth. He does not see them face to face, does not experience all the horrors of real combat. Thomas Egan fights the Taliban for 12 hours a day and then goes home to the suburbs to his family. Can such a "remote" service not affect a person's condition? The hero begins to think about his mission, its goals and their fulfillment. The destruction of terrorists only leads to the fact that there are more of them. Is there an end to this war? Read more For the director of "A Good Kill" Andrew Niccol this is the third collaboration with Ethan Hawke, who played Thomas Egan. Previous films were "Armed Baron" and "Gattaka". The film, raising the theme of freedom, directly refers to "1984" by George Orwell. Who defines what freedom is and freedom for whom? People are easy targets for remote drones. In addition, Thomas Egan gradually comes into conflict with the system to which he submits. The director also explored humanity's dependence on technology and the topic of schizophrenia. While the drones are a central aspect, there are no shots in the film that show them in action. Andrew Niccol filmed so that the viewer could see the action like a god. In fact, there really is a military base near Las Vegas, as shown in the movie. Such a choice is actually purely practical. The surrounding mountains create a training ground with an excellent climate and landscape. Filming of "A Good Kill" began at the end of 2013 in Morocco. Then, after a hiatus, they resumed in February 2014 in New Mexico. Andrew Niccol was nominated at the 2014 Venice Film Festival for the Golden Lion, but the winner was Andrii Konchalovsky with his work "White Nights of the Postmen of Oleksiy Tryapitsyn".