War, Inc. (2008) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	May 23, 2008 (LA/NY)
On DVD:	July 1, 2008
Genre:	Comedy, War
Director:	Joshua Seftel
Writer:	Jeremy Pikser, John Cusack, Mark Leyner
Cast:	John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd
Studio:	First Look Pictures
Official site:	firstlookstudios.com/films/warinc
Running Time:	106 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for violence, language and brief sexual material

"War, Inc." is an audaciously funny and surprisingly poignant film in the vein of "Grosse Point Blank." Co-written by Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser and producer/star John Cusack, the film also stars Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Sir Ben Kingsley and Dan Aykroyd. "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 Akroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities...

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War, Inc., the latest John Cusack film, had a lot of things going for it: amidst a hugely unpopular war, it was a satirical comedy that pokes fun of and criticizes American policies overseas. Unfortunately, it had one thing going against it: it was a satirical comedy that pokes fun of and criticizes American policies overseas. It's not that people disagree with the political themes presented in the movie; it's just that people don't care to see movies with political themes in general.

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