Damson Idris as Harp, Anthony Mackie as Leo, in "Outside the Wire." (Photo: Jonathan Prime/Netflix) 14 Jan 2021 The trailer for the new Netflix movie "Outside the Wire" makes it look like a by-the-numbers sci-fi action movie, but the filmmakers are aiming for something more ambitious, telling a story about the perils of drone warfare and artificial intelligence. What happens when you drop a drone operator onto the battlefield? The movie opens in the year 2036. American troops are deployed to Ukraine as the nation is engaged in hostilities with Russia. A young drone operator named Thomas Harp (Damson Idris) disobeys orders to launch a missile into the middle of a firefight. He ends the conflict but kills a pair of American Marines on the ground. His rationale? "There were 40 men on the ground, and I saved thirty-eight."