Review of Good Kill (2015) by Cameron J — 26 Apr 2015
Courageously political attack (by US film makers) on the US's army / administration's reckless disregard for civilian lives in the name of the "war on terror". "Was that a war crime, sir? .. That's what terrorists do." accurately observes one of the leads. Great performance from Hawke, balanced characters, satisfying ending, great stuff.
Unfortunately this is not fiction. Watch the short film "Collateral Murder" from Wikileaks and realise the events and attitudes in Good Kill are absolutely accurate. The US Gov's response to the leaking of that film wasn't to overhaul safeguards and policy- instead they opened traitorship proceedings against WikiLeaks' Julian Assange. Lovely.
This review of Good Kill (2015) was written by Cameron J on 26 Apr 2015.
Good Kill has generally received mixed reviews.
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