Drones

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Drones

2014

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

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Two Air Force pilots in Nevada use an unmanned aerial vehicle to probe the Afghan mountain compound of a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist.

Dennis Harvey

Variety

Jun 27, 2014

A middling real-time thriller that chronicles a fictive crisis for two Air Force personnel, who find themselves at loggerheads when they spot an apparent terrorist thousands of miles away on surveillance video.

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Mike D'Angelo

AV Club

Jun 26, 2014

C

Drones is the equivalent of an issue-driven movie about the NSA featuring agents who feel really creepy about spying on people. That's not the problem.

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Travis Hopson

Examiner.com

Jun 28, 2014

2.5/5

While Rick Rosenthal's Drones has the balls to attack the issue head on, the lack of nuance in tackling a complex issue undermines his efforts and that of a game cast.

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Sam Fragoso

The Dissolve

Jun 26, 2014

2/5

Drones is in constant combat against itself, poorly balancing searing commentary on excessive drone use and rampant stupidity.

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Prairie Miller

WBAI Radio

Jun 25, 2014

When horror movies and history meet. And with a disturbing and discomforting persistent dread, Drones is in no way standard entertainment, nor should it be. Or as Dirty Wars doc director Jeremy Scahill solemnly observed, 'You can't surrender to a drone.'

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Jun 18, 2016

Drone Warfare or Video Games? Powerful, gripping drama with faultless acting from Mumford and O'Leary. SPOILER. The "iron" is only dropped when for Mumford it becomes personal. Okay, so O'Leary's role reversal isn't totally convincing, but this is a drama about ideas and the positions people take to adjust to their situations. And of course we are left to wonder was the target a terrorist? Cannot understand film's low rating on RT.

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May 8, 2015

utterly absurd propaganda film with no kind of ending

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Feb 18, 2015

I'm sure this movie set out to raise and deal with a particularly difficult issue about war, killing and killing innocents. Not sure it fully addressed it, but there is some drama and suspense in this portrayal.

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Oct 18, 2014

Absolutely boring! No drone or any kind of battle in this movie. Just two stupid young solder who are incapable to do there job.

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Sep 1, 2014

Drones is in constant combat against itself, poorly balancing searing commentary on excessive drone use and rampant stupidity. I say SKIP IT!!!

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Aug 24, 2014

This movie seriously sucks.

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Synopsis

Two Air Force pilots in Nevada use an unmanned aerial vehicle to probe the Afghan mountain compound of a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist.

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Producer: Trent Broin, James C. Hart, Nick Morton, Rick Rosenthal, Matt Witten
Screenwriter: Matt Witten
Distributor: Phase 4 Films
Production Co: Whitewater Films, Khaos Digital
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 19, 2016
Runtime: 1h 39m

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