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 narrative follows CIA agent Benjamin Keynes, who leads a U.S. Special Forces team into the mountains of Afghanistan under the pretense of locating a missing Afghan cleric. As the mission progresses, the team encounters a series of inexplicable and supernatural events.