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Movie Info

Neil is a high-level private drone contractor who spends his workdays flying covert missions then returns to a family life of suburban mediocrity. Not even Neil's wife or his son know about his secret life. But Neil's juggling act of husband, father and armchair warrior comes to a crashing halt when a whistle-blowing site exposes him to a deadly threat. Believing Neil is responsible for the deaths of his wife and child, an enigmatic Pakistani businessman tracks him down.

Genre:

mystery and thriller, action
Original Language:

English
Director:

Jason Bourque
Producer:

Sefton Fincham, Ken Frith
Writer:

Paul A. Birkett, Jason Bourque
Release Date (Theaters):

May 26, 2017 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

May 26, 2017
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Screen Media Ventures

Cast & Crew

Sean Bean
Neil Wistin

Patrick Sabongui
Imir Shaw

Joel David Moore
Gary

Mary McCormack
Ellen Wistin

Maxwell Haynes
Shane Wistin

Sharon Taylor
Agent Jenkins

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Critic Reviews for Drone

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (8)

A simmering, on-target drama involving a visiting Pakistani businessman whose motive and briefcase are both suspicious.

June 2, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Brad Wheeler
Globe and Mail
A suspenseful and satisfying thriller that forces the audience out of its complacency to confront some painful truths about the toll of conflict.

June 1, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Bruce DeMara
Toronto Star
Utterly dull thriller "Drone" tries to raise ethical and moral questions about modern warfare, but the audience can only dwell on the illogical plot and unsympathetic characters - if they can engage at all.

May 25, 2017 | Full Review…

Kimber Myers
Los Angeles Times
Overheated family confessions meet SWAT team conventions at the climax, and little resonates in their wake.

May 24, 2017 | Full Review…

Andy Webster
New York Times
Goes off on a few too many tangents, but its core theme comes through by the time the credits roll. Whether its worth waiting for it to hit though is a different story.

June 6, 2017 | Full Review…

Rob Hunter
Film School Rejects
Drone suffers from limited range and a greatly reduced payload.

June 2, 2017 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Chris Knight
National Post
It's a paper-thin thriller that positions itself as a movie about the consequences of drone warfare, but it's really just a threadbare domestic drama with delusions of contemporary relevance.

June 1, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Norman Wilner
NOW Toronto
The topicality and moral complexity in this thriller about intelligence leaks and the war on terror is undermined by its preposterous plot twists.

May 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
Bean's naturalism and ease helps a lot, but it is not enough to carry a film that feels this narratively exploitative and haphazard.

May 26, 2017 | Rating: D- | Full Review…

Mike Mazzanti
The Film Stage
In this polemical drama, a military contractor who works from the safety of his home office is confronted by the brutal reality of what he does for a living.

May 25, 2017 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
Film Journal International
Instead of wrestling with the morality of remote-controlled warfare like 2015's Eye in the Sky, a thriller starring Helen Mirren, Drone is a nuclear-family-sized version of Death and the Maiden.

May 25, 2017 | Full Review…

Jeffrey Edalatpour
SF Weekly