ESSENTIAL KILLING (2011)

Cast

Plot

A soldier must fight for his own survival as well as the cause of his people in this powerful drama from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski. A pair of American security operatives (Zach Cohen and Iftach Ofir) are on patrol in Afghanistan when they stumble upon a Taliban fighter (Vincent Gallo) who escapes. Pursued through a forbidding snowbound climate, he struggles to survive as he avoids his pursuers and struggles to find some way to get home. Shot with very little dialogue (and almost none delivered by leading man Gallo), it's a curious film whose ambiguity will frustrate some and delight others.