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Good Kill

  • 20142014
  • RR
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Ethan Hawke in Good Kill (2014)
A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
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A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
24K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,127
1,365
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    • Director
      • Andrew Niccol
    • Writer
      • Andrew Niccol
    • Stars
      • Ethan Hawke
      • January Jones
      • Zoë Kravitz
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Andrew Niccol
    • Writer
      • Andrew Niccol
    • Stars
      • Ethan Hawke
      • January Jones
      • Zoë Kravitz
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    • 86User reviews
    • 175Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Ethan Hawke in Good Kill (2014)
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    Ethan Hawke and January Jones in Good Kill (2014)
    Ethan Hawke and Bruce Greenwood in Good Kill (2014)

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    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • Major Thomas Egan
    January Jones
    January Jones
    • Molly Egan
    Zoë Kravitz
    Zoë Kravitz
    • Airman Vera Suarez
    Fatima El Bahraouy
    • The Woman
    • (as Fatima El Bahraquy)
    El Khttabi Abdelouahab
    • The Boy
    Bruce Greenwood
    Bruce Greenwood
    • Lt. Colonel Jack Johns
    Jake Abel
    Jake Abel
    • M.I.C. Joseph Zimmer
    Ryan Montano
    • Airman Roy Carlos
    Dylan Kenin
    Dylan Kenin
    • Capt. Ed Christie
    Stafford Douglas
    Stafford Douglas
    • Billy
    Zion Rain Leyba
    • Travis Egan
    • (as Zion Leyba)
    Sachie Capitani
    Sachie Capitani
    • Jesse Egan
    Michael Sheets
    Michael Sheets
    • Danny
    Ross Shaw
    • Lt. Drier
    Chakir Faiz
    • The Man
    Peter Coyote
    Peter Coyote
    • Langley
    • (voice)
    Colin Jones
    • Frank
    Kristen DeVore Rakes
    Kristen DeVore Rakes
    • Iris
    • (as Kristen Rakes)
    • Director
      • Andrew Niccol
    • Writer
      • Andrew Niccol
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Approximately an hour into the film, the team engage in an operation in Yemen. Vera Suarez says, "I've never been to Yemen, sir," and the footage cuts to the drone camera over a traditional Yemeni home with open courtyards. This is actually a movie set, constructed in Ouarzazate, Morocco for the Jerusalem sequence in Ridley Scott 's Kingdom of Heaven (2005). By agreement with the town's government it remained standing after the film wrapped, and is a popular location for productions involving similarly medieval architecture. It was recently featured during Season 4 of the TV show Game of Thrones (2011). Despite being mostly complete, you can identify it as a movie set from the shot in the film, by noting the scaffolding on the bottom of the structure revealing an incomplete wall. A battering ram prop from Kingdom of Heaven (2005) can be seen next to this scaffolding.
    • Goofs
      In one scene, Major Egan speaks of enjoying the fear of flying combat missions. That includes the fear and danger of making a landing on the pitching deck of an aircraft carrier at night. However, Major Egan is in the Air Force and they do not land on aircraft carriers; only Navy or Marine aviators do. Also, the plane Major Egan flies, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, does not land on aircraft carriers in any case.
    • Quotes

      Vera Suarez: Was that a war crime, sir?

      Jack Johns: Shut the fuck up, Suarez!

    • Connections
      Featured in Projector: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2/Good Kill (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Bang Bang Boom
      Written by Tim Myers

      Performed by The Unknown

      Courtesy of Palladium Records

      By arrangement with Zync Music Group, LLC

    User reviews86

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    Top review
    7/10
    Death from above, just one click away
    Good kill delivers a striking message with pinpoint accuracy. It deals with a disturbing side of war in all of its unabashed glory. The lead Ethan Hawke is excellent in his description of a man with two contrasting life, one or both of them might seem painfully surreal for him. Script is just as brash as it is refreshing, filled with military jargon and also complex questions. This is not an orthodox war movie, yet it venture farther than most.

    Tom Egan (Ethan Hawke) is a drone pilot, fighting war from halfway across the globe. This seemingly non-dangerous job weighs on his mind as his relationships with his wife Molly (January Jones) suffers from the stress. The story pushes harder as the mission is gradually becoming more morally dubious and many lives are at stake. Acting is really solid, Hawke looks just like a seasoned veteran who's been drained by his service.

    January Jones as his wife is mostly subtle, but she performs greatly on the more emotional scenes. It's not the normal melodramatic relationship that these two have, there's an effort to create functioning family, yet they are far too detached and distant to each other. Egan's colleagues are also excellent, especially Zoe Kravitz as Suarez, his younger co-pilot who exhibits rare virtue in the line of work and Bruce Greenwod as the commander who is as sympathetic as he is duty bound, who also delivers a mean speech.

    Script is amazing, dialogues are powerfully engaging and thought provoking. It showcases suspense despite the pilots are not physically engaged in combat. The brash attitude, smart jab and fervent inquiries are presented elegantly to audiences. However, the constant switch between bird eye view and ordinary cinematography might be jarring and repetitive. While the everyday grind and heavy theme are meant to be exhausting, they can be excessively claustrophobic for the audiences.

    Good Kill is not a conventional blockbuster action movie, yet it will generate profound contemplation for its emotionally taxing premise.
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    • Apr 29, 2015

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Trò Choi Giêt Nguoi
    • Filming locations
      • Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Voltage Pictures
      • Dune Films
      • Dune Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $316,472
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,750
      • May 17, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,474,471
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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