Joshua Seftel's fierce political satire features an all-star cast headed by John Cusack. Set in a fictionalized Middle East, the film takes United States foreign affairs to comic extremes in a world where corporations rule and wars are completely outsourced. At the start of the film, Turaqistan is occupied by a private American company belonging to a former American vice president (Dan Aykroyd). Cusack comes in as Brand Houser, a hit man slowly growing a conscience and doubting his chosen profession. Hired to take down one of the country's major players, Houser goes undercover as the organizer of a major conference. His title also requires that he make sure the wedding of a local pop singer (Hillary Duff) goes smoothly. While working alongside Marsha Dillon (Joan Cusack), Houser tries to handle and ward off advances from the over-sexualized, pint-sized pop idol. The addition of an intelligent, beautiful, and radical journalist named Natalie (Marisa Tomei) to the mix only makes Houser's job tougher. The more time he spends with Natalie, the more he wishes for the chance to be honest and to escape this killing game. ...
Packed with violence and humour, WAR, INC. works thanks to its strong leads and the romance at the heart of the film. Quirky touches include Houser's memory-triggering obsession with hot sauce, and a Wizard of Oz-like villain (Ben Kingsley) who hides behind a screen as he gives commands under the guise of constantly morphing video images of popular American celebrities. An eclectic soundtrack adds surprising whimsy and, at times, unexpected nuance. War-themed pop numbers by Duff contrast with dark ballads played as scenes of battle fill the screen. Though the plotline is intentionally overloaded and preposterous at times, viewers will find the film's statements relevant to the reality that inspired it.
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If there's anything to be learned from War, Inc., it's about the shelf life of satire, and how parody simply can't be too plausible. A blackly comic take on the first totally outsourced war? We're too close to being in one right now, which makes this John Cusack vehicle too close for comfort. It's also so close to being funny you can just about taste it -- just about. Name cast featuring Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Ben Kingsley and Hilary Duff will mean something, but word of mouth will be poisonous. Already playing in select Toronto theaters, pic opens May 23 Stateside.
In what was obviously a project near and dear to Cusack's heart, the actor (who also co-...
Screwball, vaguely futuristic political satires are a rare hybrid, and War, Inc. is an intriguing, if flawed, example.
Recalling Dr. Strangelove, Wag the Dog and even Idiocracy, the film skewers American imperialism, corporate greed and corruption and offers a sometimes clever commentary on the Iraq War. While it can be bitingly funny, the plot goes off in several directions and often loses its way.
War, Inc.'s biggest asset is its star, producer and co-writer, John Cusack. He's one of the most likable American actors, and it's a pleasure to see him in something other than a mainstream romance or generic drama.
His comic timing is razor-shar...
War, Inc
War, Inc is the newest John Cusack which is to be released sometime this month, but the actual date looks hazy. The best way that I could describe this film is Grosse Point Blank meets Team America (without the puppets.)
It starts as we meet John Cusack whom is a hot sauce guzzling professional hit man working for a privatized military, Joan Cusack who is working as john’s subordinate as it were, and Dan Aykroyd as the ex vice president of America and now president of the private military group.
So now we have the cast of Grosse Point Blank, what else can we knick thought the producers, so they stole the story. Basically the only thing they changed is that Dan Aykroyd isn&...
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The whole time I sat watching this film (after it loaded) I kept saying to myself "What the heck am I watching?". It was a humorous play on politics and big companies taking over the world. But I think even the actors in this film question what they were doing in it. 2/5 rating if you got the time.
