Review of Good Kill (2015) by Duncan1964 — 28 Jun 2015

Ethan Hawke is a drone pilot who starts to question the moral implications of his missions as he fights the Taliban under direct orders from the CIA. As the stakes are raised his professional loyalty is called into question and his home life starts to fall apart.

When its addressing US foreign policy and the questionable ethics of advanced military technology the film works very well, in part due to a tight script but mainly due to Hawke's haunted, committed performance.

But when the film concentrates on his home life it fails to engage and takes on the tone of a soap opera making it harder to care about the story we are really interested in. A film of two halves , one of which is far superior to the other.