Drone

REVIEW - DRONE

What is right? What is wrong? Is it right to do? Is it right to not do?

A film exploring the issues of collateral damage 'innocent people' being killed when drones have been used.

The film touches on the moral aspects of drone warfare but concentrates on turning the subject from the glorification of drone warfare and puts the question in your lap, what would you do if your wife and child were killed by a drone?

How far would you go? What is right? What is wrong? Is it right to do? Is it right to not do?

This picture designed for thinking audiences, looks at modern warfare and should leave the thoughtful viewer with plenty to consider. Have we become too desensitized to push-button drone strikes from afar, and lost the ability to consider the innocent by-standers..the 'collateral' damage?

It's a well-made movie with strong cinematic visual elements (especially at the opening) good central performances, and bares its soul allowing us to see some of the sorry outcomes of assassination from a distance - this time, offering insights into family impacts from both sides. It won't please action fans but also doesn't outstay its welcome. For some, it might seem a little confusing at times but patient audiences should appreciate the overall impact and statements. One of the better Canadian productions.

Here are a couple of examples and they require an attentive mind to spot them. I see a man who wouldn't hurt a fly. To me I see not a gentleness but strong religious beliefs.

Another good example is of a man slowly and carefully washing himself using a pail of water. What I see here is ritual.

A third example, the most persuasive in the opening act, is watching that recently cleansed man walking out into the daylight, coldly and calmly past his still quivering victim along a waterway choked with floating garbage.

This is a movie that makes the viewer read between the lines.

You have to study the context and emotion, not a dialog heavy movie you can listen to in the background and accomplish other tasks.

Gripping and intense film with plenty of intrigue , tension , suspense , twists and turns . From a facility some drone pilots control the bloody terrorists by remote control all day long . But these drone raids are different than first-person shooter video games , these are lethal machines to kill . The missions feel wrong because the strikes are executed indiscriminately . There appears the starring Neil (Sean Bean) a family man and a private drone contractor who spends his workdays flying covert missions , along with his colleague Gary (Joel David Moore) . All of them work without question their job as drone pilots , neither the ethics of this twisted assignments . They are flying the U. S. drone the sky above remote countries , they are who will ultimately pull the trigger . Then Neil goes back to a family life of suburban mediocrity - without his wife or son knowing about his secret life and Neil wife is cheating with one of co -worker - until a whistle-blowing site exposes him to a deadly threat . Then a suspect Pakistani businessman tracks him down . Do they carry out the assignment knowing there will be collateral damage? . Choose Your Target Wisely. The war on terror is about to hit home. They are fighting a war without end .If you never face your enemy, how can you face yourself .The commander is in USA . The terrorist is in Pakistan. The drone pilot is in America . And the authority to strike is up in the air. Welcome to the new front line. The longer you watch, the less clearly you see.

Nail-biting , tense and dark anti-drone war drama leading to a harrowing confrontation with magnificent acting by the fine cast , adequate production design and professionally realized by Jason Bourque . Exciting and enjoyable modern-war drama includes intriguing events , intelligent dialog , adequate cinematography , appropriate sets and sensational performances . This brooding film contains thrills , suspense , intrigue , plot twists , and results a be pretty interesting in which Ideologies collide with fateful results . It was originally conceived as a tense as well as amazing thriller about the possibility of collateral damage at a case of terrorist slaughter and an avenger who seeks for vengeance . This ¨Drone (2017)¨ bears remarkable resemblance to ¨Eye in the sky¨ (2015) by Gavin Hood with Helen Mirren , Alan Rickman , Ian Glen , Jeremy Northam and ¨Good Kill¨ (2014) by Andrew Niccol with Ethan Hawke , January Jones and Bruce Greenwood , dealing with similar issue , but under another view-point . The cast is pretty good , giving decents performances , starring Emmy-award winner Sean Bean, Sean Bean as the private contractor who executes undercover and deadly assignments , Mary McCormack as his adulterous wife and Patrick Sabongui as the enigmatic revenger who considers him responsible for the deaths of his wife and child.

The motion picture was well directed by Jason Bourque . "Drone" was an award-winning theatrical feature as an indie successful story. It was released theatrically in the US and was the #1 Indie and #2 thriller on iTunes. Bourque is a prolific genre screenwriter based in Vancouver British Columbia, Jason has written thirty produced scripts and has several high-profile projects slated for 2022 including the action thriller "Sixteen", the supernatural horror "Iris" and the comedy drama "Widows Club". Recent releases include "The Fixer", his second television mini-series for Sonar, Muse Entertainment and FOX UK. Jason served as executive story editor and writer (2 episodes) on the new high-octane thriller series "Insomnia" released through Crackle and Starz International . He's wriiten and directed a lot of telefilms such as : Hallmark's My Christmas Family Tree , A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado, Meteor Assault , Grand Theft Auto Girls , When Time Got Louder , The Fixer , The Right One , Maximum Surge , Under the Cover . And occassionally for cinema as his first feature, was Maximum Surge (2003) , following Black Fly , Hotwired in Suburbia, Crash Site, among others. Drone 2017 Rating : 6/10. Acceptable and passable .

What was the accent that Bean was supposed to be using? it changed as the film progressed.

As for the storyline, well, the premise was good but the acting was second rate to say the best. The over emotional kid.... and the ending I've seen more exciting in made for TV movies . Plenty of time for it to have been controlled better and the twist, I'd guessed that was going to happen from the earlier dialogue.

Can't see why it was called drone, apart from that being his day job, better to have been called a little light drama of dinner.

I stuck it out to the end but, wouldn't recommend it to anyone.