The Objective

2008 American film The Objective is a 2008 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Myrick, and co-written by Myrick, Mark A. Patton, and Wesley Clark, Jr. The film stars Jonas Ball, Matthew R. Anderson, and Michael C. Williams. The plot revolves around CIA Agent Benjamin Keynes recalling the time when he led a Special Forces team through the mountains of Afghanistan in search of an Afghan cleric, only to encounter strange paranormal incidents. It premiered in Morocco in April 2008 and in the United States in February 2009. Plot In Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, a U.S. Army Special Forces team led by Chief Warrant Officer Wally Hamer, with Master-Sergeant Kenny Tanner and Sergeants Vince Degetau, Joe Trinoski, Tim Cole, and Pete Sadler, meets CIA Agent Benjamin Keynes. Their mission is to locate Mohammed Aban, an important Afghan cleric. After being inserted into southern Afghanistan, they recruit a local guide, Abdul, and travel into the mountains, where Aban is reputed to hide. The team soon encounters inexplicable phenomena. Gunmen ambush them, killing Trinoski, but the attackers' bodies vanish. Later, two approaching headlights separate, fly into the sky, and disappear. Th