![]() Believing he is responsible for the deaths of his wife and child, an enigmatic Pakistani businessman (Patrick Sabongui) tracks him down, leading to a harrowing confrontation. Neil (Sean Bean) is a private drone contractor who spends his workdays flying covert missions then returns to a family life of suburban mediocrity – without his wife or son knowing about his secret life – until a whistle-blowing site exposes him to a deadly threat. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. But they're also responsible for a Dolph Lundgren movie called Shark Lake, and I don't know about you, but there is a 100% probability that I'll watch a Lundgren movie about sharks in a lake before I'll watch Drone.ĭrone hits theaters on May 26. Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959) is an English actor. This movie hails from a company called Screen Media Films, who released indie films like Faults, Alex of Venice, and The Void. But it'd almost be worse if things go down differently in the actual movie, because then it means that the marketing team thinks that using visual shorthand like this is acceptable. I know it can be difficult, but we have to stop perpetuating stereotypes if any meaningful change is going to happen. Neil (Sean Bean: TVs Game of Thrones) is a high-level private drone contractor who spends his workdays flying covert missions then returns to a family life. To be fair, this is just a trailer, so there's a chance the final film doesn't play out the way we think it does. I've seen comments questioning why we'd write about trailers for indie films like this if we didn't want to promote them, but it can be just as important to call out things we see as problematic in the hopes that other filmmakers won't make the same mistakes in the future. ![]() The imagery on display here is xenophobic, reductive, and lazy, and the continued proliferation of images like this in film and television has contributed to the harsh division we're experiencing in the world right now. ![]() What I can't deal with is the turn it takes around the 1:20 mark, which positions this grieving man as a bomber out for revenge. ![]() I referred to this as "jaw-dropping" not because it's great, but because my jaw literally dropped in disbelief when I saw the direction co-writer/director Jason Bourque takes this story. The concept of an icy drone operator realizing the consequences of his job is not an inherently bad one, but when it's revealed that a man whose family was killed by Bean's drone actually encounters him face to face, it starts to get a little ridiculous.īut "ridiculous" is fine. The cast is what keeps the story on its feet with Bean, McCormack and Sabongui meshing it all together with emotional shock and awe and knowing our secrets can be used as a weapon.Lord of the Rings star and legendary on-screen death machine Sean Bean stars in a new film called Drone, and the movie's jaw-dropping first trailer has arrived. We also live in a world were decisions aren’t always so cut and dry and in this film it all comes to a head for both. We live in a world of bad guys who imbed themselves around innocent people. Yes, that seems cryptic to say but this is a film that must be experienced so that the conversation about drones has a starting point. This is a story that not only deals with the home life of a man who is not being truthful with his family but another man who feels justified in his actions. For more on what Screen Media Films has to offer please visit DRONE brings about the question of who is behind the controls and how it affects us all. Screen Media Films is a global independent motion picture company releasing titles that include TEN THOUSAND SAINTS starring Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld and Emile Hirsch COLONIA starring Emma Watson and Daniel Bruhl, SHELTER starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie and SHARK LAKE starring Dolph Lundgren. Other cast include Joel Moore as Gary, Viv Leacock as Agent Barker, Sharon Taylor as Agent Jenkins, Bradley Stryker as Ted Little and Kirby Morrow as Dave Wistin.
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