The Kill Team (2019 film)

In 2009, Andrew Briggman is a young recruit for U.S. Army in Afghanistan. When Sergeant Wallace is killed in IED explosion during a raid in a village, Staff Sergeant Deeks assumes the position as the leader of the platoon. Deeks tells the platoon that they will find whoever was responsible for the deaths of 24 American soldiers by raiding the villages. Briggman provides a list of IED attacks by date and location to Deeks. Bravo Company captures a wounded man, who is accused of planting the IED on the road, and Deeks orders Briggman to hurt the man but Briggman refuses.

On the first raid under the leadership of Deeks, Briggman hears a gunshot and arrives at the scene where he finds a young boy lying dead on the ground; the platoons claimed that the boy tried to attack them with a grenade, prompting the soldiers to shoot him. However, Briggman is skeptical, believing that the child was innocent. Inside the barracks, Briggman uses his laptop to send a message to his father about the murder of the young boy, prompting his father to call the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate Deeks.

Briggman is summoned to the tent where he finds Deeks assaulting a soldier, Marquez, whom Deeks accused him for calling the CID, with his platoon division in attendance. Marquez is subsequently hospitalized. Knowing that Deeks is aware of this, Briggman phones his father to stop calling the CID. On the second raid, Briggman witnesses Rayburn coldly executing the unarmed man and planting an AK-47 next to him to make it look like that the man fought back. At this point, Briggman becomes disillusioned.

Back to the barracks, Briggman sends the message to his father about the incident. Briggman then goes to Deek's office and finds several weapons packed inside the bag, but Deeks catches him, who tells Deeks that the unarmed man didn't deserve to die. Deeks also believes that the people in the villages are "co-operators" of the Jihadists. Deeks approaches Briggman at his bed and tells him that he is now aware of his actions against him. Briggman phones his father and breaks down in tears while dealing the dangerous matter during the tour.

On the third raid, the team is attacked by an unseen figure. Rayburn captures the old man, who does not say a word. Deeks orders Rayburn and the reluctant Briggman to execute the man on his count while setting up a grenade. As Deeks throws a grenade in front of the man (to make it look like that the man threw the grenade on them), Briggman, for the first time on his service, pulls the trigger and kills the man.

Back to the base, most of the platoons happily celebrate while Briggman is traumatized by the incident. Briggman finds Marquez had returned from the hospital and is told that Rayburn is being summoned by the CID for murdering the civilians and Briggman will also be next. Briggman, feeling guilty for his actions, goes to Deeks' office and attempts to commit suicide but cannot bring himself to do it. Briggman and Deeks are then brought to the CID for investigation. Arriving at the CID where his parents are invited to accompany him, the investigator tells Briggman to tell everything about the whole circumstances.

The closing credits reveal that five U.S. Army were charged for the murder of the civilians; Briggman pleaded guilty of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to three years after he testified against Staff Sergeant Deeks in the court, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.

• Nat Wolff as Andrew Briggman
• Alexander Skarsgård as Sergeant Deeks
• Adam Long as Rayburn
• Jonathan Whitesell as Coombs
• Brian Marc as Marquez
• Rob Morrow as William Briggman
• Osy Ikhile as Weppler
• Anna Francolini as Laura Briggman
• Oliver Ritchie as Cappy

In October 2016, it was announced Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgård had joined the cast of the film, with Dan Krauss directing from a screenplay he wrote. Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will serve as producers on the film under their Temple Hill Entertainment banner.[3] In September 2017, Rob Morrow joined the cast of the film.[4] In November 2017, it was announced Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell and Brian Marc joined the cast of the film.[5]

Filming took place in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands.[6]

In November 2018, A24 acquired distribution rights to the film.[7] It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2019.[8][9] It was released on October 25, 2019.[10]

• Official website
• The Kill Team at IMDb 
• The Kill Team at AllMovie
• The Kill Team at Box Office Mojo