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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary Two soldiers are tasked with deciding the fate of a terrorist with a single push of a button. As the action plays out in real time, their window to use a deadly military drone on the target slowly closes. With time running out, the soldiers begin to question what the real motives are behind the ordered lethal attack.

Directed By: Rick Rosenthal

Written By: Matt Witten

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 22 m

Drones

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Two soldiers are tasked with deciding the fate of a terrorist with a single push of a button. As the action plays out in real time, their window to use a deadly military drone on the target slowly closes. With time running out, the soldiers begin to question what the real motives are behind the ordered lethal attack.

Directed By: Rick Rosenthal

Written By: Matt Witten

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70
Jun 26, 2014
Drones is not exactly subtle, but it is a commendable attempt to dramatize a hot contemporary issue without resorting to clumsy didacticism or obvious political bias.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 24, 2014
Mumford and O’Leary get beyond the cardboard character “types” and make these people more interesting and conflicted than they first seem. And the claustrophobic milieu, just two people staring at long range video, punching buttons, maneuvering their Reaper and trying to make snap decisions that won’t haunt them, serve the movie well.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 25, 2014
Mumford and O’Leary struggle to make sense of their characters, but are stymied by a script that regards them primarily as mouthpieces for talking points that, again, aren’t even the points anyone’s using when talking about drone warfare.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 1, 2014
Drones is a middling real-time thriller.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 26, 2014
Topical as it may be, Drones consistently manages to undermine the points it presumes to be making.
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5.3
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17% Mixed
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33% Negative
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User Score
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5.3
50% Positive
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17% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Production Company Khaos Digital, Whitewater Films
Release Date Jun 27, 2014
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Drones/309408665748849
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