Drones
“The war of the future is up in the air”
Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too aware of Sue’s privileged status as daughter of a well-respected general. This, however, will be no ordinary mission: as they train their sights on an unarmed terrorist suspect, a power struggle erupts between the smart, sophisticated Sue and the dogged, blue-collar Jack.
This film feels like a tense, claustrophobic dive into the psychological toll of remote warfare. It's a chilling look at detached operators making life-or-death decisions from afar, highlighting the moral ambiguity and power struggles inherent in modern conflict.
