War, Inc. (2008)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 81
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 57
War, Inc. attempts to satirize the military industrial complex, but more often than not it misses its target.
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 22
War, Inc. attempts to satirize the military industrial complex, but more often than not it misses its target.
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An assassin posing as a trade-show producer fixes his crosshairs on a Middle Eastern oil minister while maintaining his cover by organizing a high-profile wedding in this satirical action comedy starring John Cusack, Hilary Duff, and Marisa Tomei. A private American corporation run by a former U.S. vice president (Dan Aykroyd) is occupying the war-torn nation of Turaqistan, but a powerful Middle Eastern oil minister is preventing them from taking total advantage of the situation. In order to
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Cast
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John Cusack
Hauser -
Hilary Duff
Yonica Babyyeah -
Marisa Tomei
Natalie Hegalhuzen -
Joan Cusack
Marsha Dillon -
Dan Aykroyd
Mr. Vice President -
Sergej Trifunovic
Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini -
Ned Bellamy
Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini/Z... -
John McLaughlin
McLaughlin John -
Montel Williams
GuideStar Voice -
Ben Kingsley
Walken/The Viceroy -
Lubomir Neikov
Omar Sharif -
Nikolai Stanoev
Bhodi Bhundhang -
Georgi Zlatarev
Director -
Bashar Rahal
Video Guy #1 -
Vesilav Pavlov
Video Guy #2 -
Zahari Baharov
Video Guy #3 -
Doug Dearth
Geoff -
Bill Cusack
Tamerlane Caffeinated S... -
Ben Cross
Medusa Hair -
Mark Roper
Choreographer -
Andrei Slabakov
Cameraman -
Joost Scholte
Popeyes Cashier -
Velizar Binev
German Businessman -
Davorka Tovilo
German Woman -
James Graves
Tamerlane Guard -
Troy Rowland
Tamerlane Wedding Guard -
Rachel O'Meara
Implanted Reporter -
Sanford Schklair
Submarine Captain -
Nick Harvey
Interfaith Clergyman -
Itai Djakov
Kid in Fallaf -
Stanimir Stamatov
Possee Guy -
Georgi Gatsov
Sound Man -
Mark Johnson
Tamerlane Staple-Gun Gu... -
Krasi Simeonov
Tamerlane Guard #1 -
Zarko Peev
Thug -
Shirly Brener
Hauser's Wife -
Katerina Grableva
Hauser's Child -
Sergio Buenrostro
Tamerlane Airport Guard... -
Attia Hosni Attia
Arabig Waitress -
Ivailo Kehaiov
Dry Cleaning Soldier Po... -
Teodore Tsolov
Cab Driver -
Lina Miyahara
Wedding Groomer -
Ani Petrovska
Amputee Back-Up Dancer -
Maximus
Yonica's Back-up Dancer -
Deyan Hristov
Stunt Coordinator -
Benny Urquidez
flight coordinator -
Ivan Dimitrov
Mr. Cusack's Double -
Elitza Rujeva
Ms. Tomei's Double -
Stilyan Mavrov
Sir Kingsley's Double -
Georgi Dimitrov
Mr. Cusack's Driving Do...
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All Critics (82) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (57) | DVD (7)
War, Inc. squanders some top-tier talent (Marisa Tomei, Sir Ben Kingsley) as well as our patience.
Top CriticThis John Cusack-driven exercise in scorched-earth political comedy is neither as dark nor as timely as intended, and certainly not as funny.
Despite flashes of comic inspiration and an abundance of anything-goes boldness, this well-intentioned but wobbly satire is a chaotic free-fire zone.
Only occasionally hits the target.
For critics of the war with an appetite for red meat, War, Inc. will prove filling, if not quite completely nourishing.
A sprawling folly, this uniquely hellish war film has almost breathtakingly impressive (and busy) production values and is anchored by a memorably complicated performance from John Cusack.
This absurdist political farce has its moments but requires a deft touch for satire ... perhaps no one could have made the uneven script work.
Sophisticated political satire, ridiculous farce, black humour, spoof, intellectual game playing and comic invention
It's as if the movie is stuck in a muddy middle, unable to go whole hog with its sending up of toxic Americana and unwilling to be serious about exploring how toxic it really is.
What is supposed to be a sharp parody is so slow, we're always several steps ahead.
Either too cartoonish, or not cartoonish enough.
Piercingly funny political satire with terrific cast is on view in this future-set story.
If there's one thing a comedy needs, it's a good exit strategy.
Nice try, but this hallucinatory polemic never jells.
Any hopes you might be holding out for a smart, sophisticated political satire will immediately be squashed at the sight of Dan Aykroyd on the toilet.
While its plot aligns War, Inc. with other, higher-profile action-thrillers, its political critique is more explicit and its ad campaign more oblique.
...there's plenty of material ripe for savage satire out in the world right now, and while I approve of the targets War, Inc. took aim at, I can't say that it ever scored a direct hit.
Cusack as a mercenary in bulltetproof designer suits and Hilary Duff doing a kinky Arab superstar sexpot shoving scorpions down her crotch, can't save this satire crossing the line between the chaos of war and the chaos of filmmaking.
A film that confronts the absurdity and violence of modern warfare by taking it to the surreal and goofy next level.
An Iraq satire being released past the point when discussing the occupation has become wearying and parodying it a slow-target yawn.
Each earnest impulse blunts the edge of an already scattered satire and obscures the logic beneath it. And the laughs are buried in the same pile of disorderly conduct.
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