DRONE is a promising would-be thriller exploring the morality and political fall-out arising from America's policy of using drone strikes to take down terrorist suspects abroad. The same subject matter has fuelled a slew of recent movies, but unfortunately aside from lots of soul-searching it really isn't handled very well here. When I saw Jason Bourque listed as director my heart sank (he's the guy responsible for tedious fare including ASTEROID: FINAL IMPACT and STONADOS) and things get very uninteresting after about 20 minutes in. The whole thing plays out as an extended family dinner; it wants to be intense and suspenseful, but it's just long-winded and boring. Sean Bean seems to be struggling with his American accent and none of the other actors are very interesting. A missed opportunity, then...
Review of Drone
