Good Kill

About

You can watch Good Kill (2015) on Kanopy with a participating library card.

In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.

Warfare shifts from the cockpit to a sterile, air-conditioned desert bunker where pilots hunt targets through a digital lens. This detached way of killing creates a jarring psychological friction between the safety of a video game and the lethal reality of every click.

Trailer