Ethan Hawke Is A Tortured Drone Pilot In The DystopianGood Kill

Director Andrew Niccol is well known for make futuristic dystopias , like Gattaca or In Time . But he ’s often at his right when he create a dystopia that ’s set in a non-white interpretation of the “ now , ” like Lord of War . Check out the trailer for Good Kill , where Niccol is holding up a obscure mirror to the present .

In Good Kill , Niccol reunites with his Gattaca star Ethan Hawke , who play an ex - fighter original who ’s fare home and become a drone pilot . And he ’s struggling with trauma and rage , but also with the questionable ethics and general strangeness of killing people on the other side of the world , via remote mastery . warfare has become a “ first - person shooter , ” because we can defeat on our video screen , as Bruce Greenwood helpfully explains .

None of the clobber in this picture show look in particular subtle — but subtlety has never been Niccol ’s potent suit , nor has it been a solid point in dystopias generally . What does look fascinating about this picture show is that it apply a science - fictitious advantage point to the public we go in justly now , and asks “ What if you could kill the great unwashed with remote - controlled flying robots ? , ” as if that were a speculation rather than a stone stale reality .