When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.
Acting
Skarsgård's chilling stillness—he never yells and it's worse.
Direction
Krauss shot the documentary first; this fictional version breathes like truth.
Cinematography
Blinding Afghan sun vs. shadowed interiors, beauty masking horror.
Director
Dan Krauss
Nat Wolff
Andrew Briggman
Alexander Skarsgård
Sergeant Deeks
Adam Long
Rayburn
Jonathan Whitesell
Coombs
Brian Marc
Marquez
Osy Ikhile
Weppler
Rob Morrow
William Briggman
Anna Francolini
Laura Briggman
Elham Ehsas
Shoaib
Tunji Kasim
Wallace
Zackary Momoh
Sergeant Bruer
Taz Skylar
Sergeant Dawes
Adam James
Hardin
Ian Attard
Weaver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Dan Krauss made a 2013 documentary on the same Maywand District murders; this is his fictional retelling with some real soldiers' names changed.
The real 'Kill Team' case involved collecting fingers as trophies; the film omits this, arguably sanitizing to focus on psychological complicity rather than gore shock.
US
