The Kill Team

  • 2013


MOVIE IS extraordinary compelling psychological exciting
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$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 34
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.7/5
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1.5
Aesthetically, hes what the young men aspire to look like: tall, broad, muscular, with tattoos to symbolize the men hes killed in Iraq and Afghanistan .. Av Club
2.8
Furthermore, multiple interview subjects insist that its impossible to toss a bunch of bored kids with weapons into a hostile environment without crea .. Av Club
4.5
Army Strong wasnt about self improvement or individual power, even if it subtly promised to confer those things on all who heeded the call. Indie Wire
3.0
But the film is weak on its essential indictment, vaguely suggesting a mood of battlefield boredom without quite pinpointing the pathology that would .. Time Out
4.5
And the scariest thing is, he doesnt know whether he has enough courage not to. Screen Daily
4.0
The setting is Afghanistan, but it might be Iraq or Vietnam or anywhere with occupying forces. It might be Gaza. This map of hell is timeless, placele .. Vulture
3.4
A documentary that leans heavily on a viewers innate interest in tangled philosophical questions of guilt and corrupted innocence. Paste Magazine
4.4
Yet even if some smart indie filmmaker treated it, audiences today might well suspect a degree of bias or distortion in the process of converting fact .. Rogerebert
4.5
But at its worst, The Kill Team sometimes forgets to demonstrate why human life isnt always so easily disposable for some, yet justifiable for others. The Young Folks
4.5
As Krauss unveils Winfields fateful choices, I wanted to stop the tape, make this a narrative film and give him a rewrite for the kind of big, showy, .. Cinema Blend
3.8
It is all very compelling, though some of the fly on the wall stuff with Winfields parents is so polished it seems like it was shot for a feature film .. The Globe And Mail
4.0
This gripping documentary unravels the story of the so called Kill Team, a group of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan who manufactured combat kills by murd .. Chicago Reader
3.8
It serves as a reminder about the high levels of corruption in the military. Lariat
4.0
What The Kill Team goes on to do is utterly unnerving: it draws connections between the poised interviewee and the soldier in country, between one you .. Pop Matters
4.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t .. Pop Matters
2.5
But lurking on the edges of the story is a far more challenging documentary. Film Journal
4.0
If other soldiers didnt necessarily participate or approve of killing random civilians for fun, they also did nothing to stop it. Salon
3.8
But the filmmakers should succeed in convincing everyone that the tragic situation didnt need to happen. Sf Gate
3.5
Its creepy, well paced and nearly impossible to stop watching.Byrne makes a gallant fighter, a veteran soldier who doesnt want to see Britain in anoth .. Boston Herald
3.8
A work of acute psychological journalism, Dan Krausss The Kill Team outlines an event that caused a dishearteningly brief furor in the domestic media: .. Slant Magazine
2.5
Although some filmmakers make that mediation part of the movie the French classic Chronicle of a Summer, Jean Rouch and Edgar Morins 1961 cinema verit .. The New York Times
3.5
Quibbles aside, Krausss documentary is both solid and scathing, raising more questions that it answers. Boston Globe
3.2
Robin Clifford Laura Clifford In 2010, a young soldier, Adam Winfield, witnessed the premeditated murders of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan by his c .. Reeling Reviews
3.5
Though it doesnt achieve the degree of impartiality it aspires to, the film will be much discussed here and merits exposure beyond the fest circuit. Hollywood Reporter
2.5
The story is told largely through the nightmarish lens of Army Spc. Los Angeles Times
4.0
Many will regard this chilling war is hell expose as must see viewing. Variety
3.5
The film leaves audiences hungry for more, and given that its so engaging, it suggests a sequel or a narrative remake might be able to flesh out these .. The Dissolve
4.0
Its an terrible, inexcusable mark on our contemporary military history, and Krausss documentary does nothing to dull the horror surrounding the incide .. Under The Radar Mag
3.5
Its not the most exciting approach to the material, but it drives home the emotional trauma inflicted on everyone involved. The Verge
3.0
Wetlands may just be the most offensively crass coming of age story out there, but its worth the ride. Or Lando Weekly
3.8
They are, to be perfectly blunt, trained killers, and among the best in the world. Columbus Alive
3.5
But the filmmaker also delivers extraordinary material and presents a story meriting attention. Sf Examiner
3.5
And along with the recent Afghanistan combat documentary Korengal, The Kill Team makes the flag waving jingoism of Lone Survivor seem even more pander .. Sf Weekly
4.0
The only difference is that this madness comes not from the fog of war, but the discrepancy between its realities and its cinematic portrayals. Washington City Paper
4.5
Awarded Best New Documentary Director and a Special Jury Mention, its unforgettable impact is like watching suicide in slo mo. Film Forward
3.5
Its a quote from the Twilight series, and it rounds off the utterly disheartening experience of watching this excellent film. Seattle Weekly
3.5
It will make you both sad and angry, just the way that the long, long war in Afghanistan does. Louis Proyect
3.5
I wish I didnt even wonder.).Still, its extraordinary story can hardly help but involve and outrage. Sfbg



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