The Pentagon Wars
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Actor: Cary Elwes, Kelsey Grammer, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Benjamin, Tom WrightBrand: HBO Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 91472
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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Movie Review: A Frightening Look at the Procurement Process
Summary: 5 Stars
This film would be hilarious were it not so frightening.
This film is not portrayed as a documentary Still, it purports to reflect in a semi-accurate manner the convulsions that attended the development of the Bradley fighting vehicle. Based on news reports, it contains more than a bit of truth, even if there is some dramatic license being employed.
The conflict in this film is between a conscientious officer who wants to do real testing and a pentagon general who wants to make contractors and politicians happy. It is a sad state of affairs.
The development of the Bradley had a long history before it ever reached deployment. It was plagued by cost overruns, changing specifications and failed tests. It even went through a phase where it was supposed to be aquatic. In the end, a troop carrier for 11 troops became a scout vehicle that was too prominent to do scout work, had a turret like a tank so it would attract extra fire, had aluminum armor so it would not be too heavy (or stop shells) and would only carry 6 people. The reasons for all of these travesties can be found in pork barrel politics.
This is a comedy and it is funny in its irony. That does not stop it from also being a tragedy.
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