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The Objective (Thriller / Completed)
Afghanistan, November 2001. Two months after the attacks on the World Trade Center, a highly trained Special Forces team is sent into the Afghanistan desert to make contact with a man known as "Mohammed Aban." Instead they find something else... something that even their elite training hasn't prepared them for.
From the acclaimed director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, THE OBJECTIVE follows Ben Keynes (Jonas Ball), a CIA operative allegedly sent to "pave the way" for success in the war in Afghanistan. Part covert military operation, part personal journey, Ben leads his assigned team into one of the most uninhabitable and isolated regions on the planet.
As the situation rapidly begins to disintegrate, each member of the team finds themselves asking the same question: who is the real enemy?
Director: Daniel Myrick
Writers: Wesley Clark, Daniel Myrick, Mark A. Patton
Producers: Zev Guber, Jeremy Wall
Executive Producers: Gary Hamilton
Production Companies: Jaz Films
"Daniel Myrick delivers the goods and serves up some fine Sci-Fi Conspiracy that could humble even Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files. Myrick does not hold back and just jumps into the thick of it raising the bars on tension, suspense, and paranoia. The tension is so thick you can feel it radiate right off the screen. He never gives the audience a chance to relax as his tale takes the audience along for the ride as he sets his tale among the sun-baked ruins of Afghanistan. Just when you think you might have an idea of what is going on he flips the story on it's head as the unbelievable begins to happen.
The driving forces behind the film, simply put, are the amazing actors Myrick cast in this brilliantly crafted tale. You know these guys, these soldiers, and when their world gets turn upside down you go straight down the rabbit hole with them. The glue that keeps this all together is a solid performance by Jonas Ball. There is coldness, relentlessness, to his portrayal of Ben Keynes that just anchors the film. There is a tone here that rivals Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now, but this is a contemporary tale that is more than on a quest for the darkness within the human soul. It is a tale that is in search of ancient gods and chariots of fire. Myrick skillfully gives us little bits to peak our curiosity over the course of the film to keep us hooked. It's like watching the SCI-FI Channel show The Ghost Hunters where every so often you catch a glimpse of something that keeps you on the edge of your seat, keeps you believing, keeps you coming back for more. He takes you right up to the edge, leaves you mesmerized with a draw dropping scene, and hits you with a cinematic crescendo over the credit that has a similar emotional impact as the credit roll on Frank Darabont's The Mist. There are many things you can say about this film, but at its core this is what good science fiction is all about. Myrick takes the humanity, holds it up to a mirror and turns it ever so slightly in hopes of giving us a fresh take on the human condition. Regardless if you love or hate this film, you will be talking about this intense cinematic event with your friends long after you've left the theater."
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