Drone (2017)

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Crappy film

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Sean Bean plays Neil, a military contractor. Unlike other contractors his contract involves flying drones from back home in the USA, not boots on the ground. He does his job, goes home and lives his life.The legality and morality of drone warfare is a current hot topic, and is the core of this thriller. When Neil is introduced to Imir, with the intention of selling his recently deceased father's boat, all of that comes boiling out in some well played scenes.Unfortunately, those scenes don't overwhelm some of the terribleness earlier on and later in the movie. The director and writer clearly had a message they wanted to say, and they say it with some of extremely heavy handed dialogue. These scenes potentially also lead to some of the bad performances of the actors, as in other, more intimate scenes, the acting can be decent.The movie also throws in a couple like sideplots which don't really go anywhere. The movie wanted to show that everybody has secrets, but it doesn't really contribute to the main storyline, and wasn't needed.The movie isn't horrible, and there were certainly times it was enjoyable, but the reverse is also true where there were points that were awful.

There are lots of wrong detailing in the movie "Drone" 1. The producer of the movie has no idea of the geographical location of the city of Miranshah which is shown in the movie; first the city of Miranshah is located close to the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, secondly it is city surrounded by mountains but in the movie, it is shown close to the sea which is totally wrong. 2. The city in the start is shown Miranshah where as it was actually filmed in India, all the writings on the walls are in Hindi and the vehicles are made by TATA where as in actual in Pakistan TATA manufactured vehicles are nowhere to be found. 3. The area shown is full of dirt where as in actual Pakistan is much cleaner then India and as it was an Indian town so the area shown is too dirty. 4. Moreover, the language used by the characters is Hindi whereas the words in conversation used are Hindi words and not Pakistani which was also wrongfully shown. It is therefore requested that in future if movies on such topic be produced at least the factual errors must be omitted.

When I looked at the poster I thought: A war movie focusing on drone warfare. Sean Bean in there made me watch it. I was quite surprised to find a drama that addresses real issues. And quite a poignant one as well. The pace of the movie and the initial suspense created carried through very well. The score I found to be exceptional, building the drama subtly but methodically. Yes, there are many places it could have been better. But overall a good watch with a well-told story that builds to a surprising climax. Patrick Sabongui was excellent. I would love to see him in deeper movies, as he has the talent to achieve much more (than Flash and Shooter). I would rate this as a good family movie, as it makes you think about the world we live in. Intolerance, building International tensions and as Roger Waters aptly said: "The bravery of being out of range".

This was a quick shoot for Sean Bean between other projects. There is little or no relationship between the title and the actual plot. We were surprised and disappointed that the otherwise good plot was overridden by very mediocre character performances. No doubt, Haste makes Waste!