War, Inc. [Blu-ray]

War, Inc. [Blu-ray]
by Joshua Seftel

War, Inc. [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Dan Aykroyd, Hilary Duff, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Marisa Tomei
Director: Joshua Seftel
Brand: MILLENIUM MEDIA SERVICES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: First Look Studios
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WAR, INC. is a political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires a troubled hit man, played by John Cusack, to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin m

Movie Reviews of War, Inc. [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: This is NOT an action adventure movie, it's satire...
Summary: 4 Stars

If you want an action adventure, keep on looking, this is NOT what "War, Inc." is all about.

If you are after action and all you want is some escapist entertainment you will not like this film, I can almost guarantee it! If, however, you are intruiged (i.e., confused and stymied) by Bush-era American international relations (or lack thereof), and geopolitical maneuvering, then you may like this show.

John Cusack plays a disaffected hit-man who is forced to go to a central Asian country that has been invaded by a corporate army. The war is billed as the first corporate military invasion in history. All troops, armor, weapons, etc., are corporate owned AND operated. Cusack poses as the organizer and promoter of a huge trade show that will take place in "The Emerald City" (i.e., Green zone) in the middle of a raging war. His main purpose in being there though is to kill the president of a neighboring country so that the corporation can expand its conquest of the region.

The cast is really quite amazing - John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Dan Ackroyd, Ben Kingsley, and more!

When I started watching this film the first time I thought it would end up being just an action adventure/comedy, but as the film went on it started to realize that it's not just satire, but HEAVY-DUTY satire! In places it's downright hilarious if you know what to look for. Don't get me wrong...this is NOT a comedy, it's satire. And, being satirical it is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and consistently confusing (after all, what is more confusing than Bush's approach to international relations?).

The more I think about it the more I want to award it 5 stars for insightful and clever satirical genius, but some weaknesses keepit from being a 5-star offering.

Well, I liked it! (This review is based on a content-edited version of the film.)

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Summary of War, Inc. [Blu-ray]

Recreating his role as a hitman, John Cusack gives a hilarious performance in War, Inc., a political satire set in Turaqistan, a Country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former U.S. Vice President (Dan Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires Hauser (Cusack) to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation s Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit, while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff), an outrageous Central Asian pop star, and keeping a sexy left-wing reporter (Marisa Tomei) in check.

A wobbly mix of violence and sentiment, War, Inc. takes up where Grosse Pointe Blank left off. A conscience-stricken killer in the previous film, producer/co-writer Cusack now plays an international assassin. In Joshua Seftel's political satire, corporations operate like governments. In the volatile nation of Turaqistan, Cusack's hot sauce-addicted Brand Hauser sets his sights on Omar Sharif--the oil baron, not the actor (it's never clear why this is meant to be funny). As a cover, Hauser passes as the producer for an economic trade show with fellow operative Marsha (Joan Cusack) acting as his assistant. Trained by Southern smoothie Walken (Ben Kingsley) in his CIA days (depicted though flashbacks), Hauser now takes orders from an oily CEO (Grosse Pointe co-star Dan Aykroyd). Offing Sharif, however, turns out to be harder than expected. Hauser's obstacles include left-wing journalist Natalie Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei) and foul-mouthed pop tart Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff, erasing innocent images of Lizzy McGuire). Cusack and his crew come up with a few clever ideas, but too many crass gags blunt their thesis about military contractors run amok. Pitched somewhere between Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and Mike Judge's Idiocracy, War, Inc. registers as more of a miss than a hit. On the plus side, Cusack and Tomei have a snappy rapport; it's the more over-the-top performers who look out of place, especially Ms. Cusack and Kingsley, though the latter's deft turn as a boozy hit man in the overlooked You Kill Me almost makes up for this misfire. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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