Review of Drone (2017) by Nikolayg — 26 May 2017

You may be wondering, Is this a good thriller using contemporary themes, or is this just a kind of public service announcement ('Killing civilians when going after terrorists [especially when you know that is inevitable] is bad; and it's also bad to kill people remotely thus distancing yourself from the reality of what you're doing.

') in the wrapping of a thriller? Unfortunately, it is the latter. That means the plot is extremely simple with just about no surprises at all. It's like soup broth with nothing in it. There's this guy living in Afghanistan; his wife and daughter are killed by a drone.

The 'pilot' actually flies the drone remotely from a cozy US suburb. For him the experience is a lot like playing a computer game flight simulator. But people really die. Then there's a leak of the identities of drone pilots.

The guy whose wife and daughter were killed, goes to America, armed with the knowledge of who the pilot was, and confronts the pilot. What happens next? Nothing too surprising or interesting. It would have made a good half-hour Twilight Zone episode.

But it's not worth a full movie, not without more complexity, both in terms of plot and character development. Though the acting is good. Luckily. Without that it would have been a 3.