The documentary is, first and foremost, an exposé of the rot that grips young military men, who often delude themselves into feeling invulnerable while committing heinous crimes. Krauss' documentary, titled ' The Kill Team,' dives into the psychological makeup of soldiers at war, the specific socio-cultural factors that contribute to callous aggression and violence, and how this brand of sociopathy culminates in tragedies like Mayward. Army soldiers - who called themselves The Kill Team - murdered three Afghan civilians in cold blood and claimed the mutilated body parts as trophies. The atrocity had taken place during the early months of 2010, wherein a group of U.S. In 2013, writer-director Dan Krauss decided to make a documentary about the Maywand district murders during the war in Afghanistan.
