- Original name: The kill team
- Country: Spain, USA
- Genre: action, thriller, drama, military
- Producer: D. Krauss
- World premiere: 27 april 2019
- Premiere in Russia: 2020
- Starring: A. Skarsgard, N. Wolfe, A. Long, J. Whitesell, B. "Seine" Mark, O. Ickhile, R. Morrow, A. Francolini, O. Richie, J. K. Attard and others.
- Duration: 87 minutes
"Killing Team" — This is a fictional version of the 2010 events known as the killing and maiming of unarmed Afghan civilians in Meywand district in Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The atrocities were perpetrated by American soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division based at Lewis-McChord military base near Seattle, Washington. The feature film directed by Dan Krauss is based on the harrowing documentary of the same name, recorded by a former photojournalist in 2013. Watch the trailer for the military action movie "Killing Team" (2020)
Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.0, IMDb - 5.9. Film critics rating - 70%.
Plot
American soldier Andrew Bregman, naive and not yet spoiled by the war, goes to Afghanistan, dreaming of glory, adventure and military exploits. But soon the private begins to suspect that the decisions of his commander are unfair and ruthless. Bregman faces a dilemma in following his moral code.
The man realizes the horrifying fact that members of his unit are killing innocent Afghan civilians. Bloodlust increases as the platoon leader turns each mission into a sadistic safari.
Production
Director and scriptwriter - Dan Krauss (Independent Lens, National Geographic Presents: The Secret of the Romanovs).
Film crew:
- Producer: Marty Bowen (Dear John, The Fault in the Stars, The Long Road), Vic Godfrey (I, Robot, Love Simon, Dear John), Adrian Guerra (The Invisible Guest , "Buried Alive", "Scary Tales") and others;
- Operator: Stephane Fontaine (Three Days to Escape, The Prophet, Captain Fantastic);
- Music: Sakarias M. de la Riva (Ted the Traveler and the Secret of King Midas, Black Snow);
- Artists: Victor Molero (Open Embrace, Lucia and Sex), Gabriel Listet (Palms in the Snow, The Promise), Cristina Sopena (Rambo: Last Blood), etc .;
- Editing: Luke Doolan (Servant House), Franklin Peterson (Mr. Robot, Comet).
Studios
- Marc Graue Recording Studios: Voiceover and Post.
- Nostromo Pictures.
- Temple Hill Entertainment.
Filming location: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
Actors
Leading roles:
- Alexander Skarsgard ("Divorce in the Big City", "No Connection", "Melancholy", "Big Little Lies");
- Nat Wolfe (The Fault in the Stars, The Trainee, Stuck in Love);
- Adam Long (Dunkirk, Vera, Happy Valley);
- Jonathan Whitesell (The X-Files, I Am a Zombie, The Hundred);
- Brian "Senet" Mark ("Crimes");
- Ozi Ikhile (Mission: Impossible: Outcast Tribe, The House That Jack Built);
- Rob Morrow (The New Jeanne D'Arc, The Fosters);
- Anna Francolini (Jonathan Creek, Faith, Rome);
- Oliver Ritchie (Hills of Paradise);
- Ian Keir Attard ("Black Mirror", "Strike", "Youth").
The roles were voiced by:
- Sergey Smirnov ("Doll 2: Brahms", "Cats");
- Anton Kolesnikov (Jingliki);
- Ivan Kalinin ("Through the Snow", "Birds of Prey: The Fantastic Story of Harley Quinn");
- Prokhor Chekhovskoy ("The Mystery of the Sukharev Tower");
- Alexander Matveev ("And fires are smoldering everywhere").
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- This is the 2013 version of The Kill Team documentary directed by Dan Krauss. Rating on IMDb - 7.0.
- The Krauss documentary noted that in 4 months in 2010, the so-called Kill Team platoon committed three killings of Afghan citizens for sporting fun, retaining the bones of the fingers and toes, teeth and skulls as gruesome trophies.
- Actors Alexander Skarsgard and Ozi Ikhail played together in the action movie Tarzan. Legend "(2016).
- Worldwide box office - $ 372,282.