Krauss handles the action and intrigue with cool precision, though, and Skarsgard, with nailbrush moustache, is often chilling.

The Kill Team's depiction of toxic masculinity and bloodthirstiness within the U.S. Army is blunted by an overly passive lead performance and a lack of specificity in its storytelling.

The Kill Team is lean, sincere, impassioned filmmaking, yet it fails to leave as much of an impression as it clearly wants to.

Though there is little new added to the extensive conversation surrounding the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, The Kill Team highlights the dangerous, and perhaps all too easy, radicalization that can happen in this culture.