The Kill Team

In a war torn landscape during the Afghanistan invasion, a young US soldier named Andrew Briggman finds himself at the center of a moral storm. He witnesses brutal acts carried out by fellow Marines under a domineering sergeant. As the unit confronts a creeping paranoia that one of their own might be a traitor, Andrew wrestles with loyalty, fear, and a growing sense that authority has crossed a line. The story follows his tense inner conflict and the dangerous pressure of belonging to a group that prizes strength over restraint. What starts as quiet suspicion becomes a dangerous test of conscience, in a fictionalized drama grounded in true events.

Released in 2019, The Kill Team is directed by Dan Krauss. It presents a fictionalized dramatization inspired by real events and features Nat Wolff as Andrew Briggman alongside Alexander Skarsgård as Sergeant Deeks, with a tense, grounded tone throughout. It also examines the cost of loyalty.

The film challenges viewers to consider how war conditions shape ethics and obedience. It foregrounds the tension between following orders and doing what is right, raising questions about accountability in units and cost of silence in face of cruelty. It explores how unit culture can enable or suppress cruelty.

Critical and audience response centers on the stark portrayal of peer pressure and moral courage. The drama relies on restrained performances, especially Wolff's, to convey the pressure cooker of a platoon. Its themes linger about conscience, power, and the consequences of unchecked aggression. The tone is restrained and precise.

There were no major award nominations listed for the film; The Kill Team did not pick up prominent honors. It remains a stark, thought provoking look at wartime ethics that contributes to ongoing conversations about accountability and violence in modern combat.