Drone warfare changed how America goes to war and, to an extent, the way filmmakers bring combat scenes to life.
The bravura 2015 film “Eye in the Sky” explored the morality of pushing buttons to win battles (and potentially kill innocents in the process).
“Land of Bad” veers in a different direction. Hard.
The thriller follows a Delta Force mission depending on those “eyes in the sky” to lead the way. It’s gripping from start to finish, and some of the sharpest scenes come courtesy of a drone pilot seated in a Las Vegas command center half a world away.
Take a bow, Russell Crowe.
Liam Hemsworth stars as Kinney, a JTAC (Joint terminal attack controller) teamed with battle-tested soldiers to retrieve a CIA asset held in a terrorist compound.
The mission is fraught...