Plot
A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.3/10 (3,875 voted)
Critic's Score: 64/100
Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz
Storyline
A Las Vegas-based fighter pilot turned drone pilot fights the Taliban by remote control for 12 hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his wife and kids for the other 12. But the pilot is starting to question the mission. Is he creating more terrorists than he's killing? Is he fighting a war without end.
Cast: Fatima El Bahraquy -
The Woman
El Khttabi Abdelouahab -
The Boy
Ethan Hawke -
Major Thomas Egan
Bruce Greenwood -
Lt. Colonel Jack Johns
Jake Abel -
M.I.C. Joseph Zimmer
Ryan Montano -
Airman Roy Carlos
Dylan Kenin -
Capt. Ed Christie
Stafford Douglas -
Billy
Zion Rain Leyba -
Travis Egan
January Jones -
Molly Egan
Sachie Capitani -
Jesse Egan
Michael Sheets -
Danny
Zoë Kravitz -
Airman Vera Suarez
Ross Shaw -
Lt. Drier
Chakir Faiz -
The Man
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 15 May 2015
Filming Locations: Morocco
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
Debuted at the Venice film festival where it received great reception See more »
Goofs:
At the end of the movie when Airman 1st Class Suarez is in her Air Force blues uniform. Among others she is wearing an Air Force Good Conduct ribbon only awarded to enlisted members at three year miles stones. However enlisted Air Force personnel are promoted to the next rank of Senior Airman at their three year point showing she would have not been entitled to the Good Conduct Medal at her current rank. See more »
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Rating: 8/10
Drones with Hellfire missiles lurk for entire days over selected
targets around the world. Those who control the drones, sitting in air
conditioned shipping containers near Las Vegas, are close enough
sometimes to see the expressions on the faces of people as the missiles
strike. The film explores complications involved in the strikes
including; how easy it is for innocents to end up among the dead,
difficulties in determining when and who to hit, confused chains of
command, how easy it is to make mistakes or corrupt the process, and
how we might feel if we were in the shoes of our targets. Major Thomas
Egan (Ethan Hawke) is a vodka guzzling former pilot who laments how the
U.S. Air Force has become the "U.S. Chair Force." We follow him in the
office and at home as he sinks into depression, indifference and
fatigue, and he still controls the trigger that determines, somewhat
shakily at times, who lives or dies. While the plot could use some
additional creativity and depth, and the acting is somewhat shallow,
the film explores a fascinating subject. Actual strikes, from
Wikileaks, add an extra dose or realism. Seen at the 2014 Toronto
International Film Festival.
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