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War, Inc. (2008)

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Reviews Counted:79

Fresh:24

Rotten:55

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: War, Inc. attempts to satirize the military industrial complex, but more often than not it misses its target.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, language and brief sexual material

Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Comedy

Theatrical Release: May 23, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $0.5M

Synopsis: An assassin is assigned to kill a Middle East oil minister. His cover is that he's producing a big trade show that includes a wedding between a local... An assassin is assigned to kill a Middle East oil minister. His cover is that he's producing a big trade show that includes a wedding between a local pop star and a politico, but complications ensue. [More]

Starring: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack

Starring: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Sergej Trifunovic, Ned Bellamy, John McLaughlin, Montel Williams, Ben Kingsley, Lubomir Neikov, Nikolai Stanoev, Georgi Zlatarev, Bashar Rahal, Vesilav Pavlov, Zahari Baharov, Doug Dearth, Bill Cusack, Ben Cross, Mark Roper, Andrei Slabakov, Joost Scholte, Velizar Binev, Davorka Tovilo, James Graves, Troy Rowland, Rachel O'Meara, Sanford Schklair, Nick Harvey, Itai Djakov, Stanimir Stamatov, Georgi Gatsov, Mark Johnson, Krasi Simeonov, Zarko Peev, Shirly Brener, Katerina Grableva, Sergio Buenrostro, Attia Hosni Attia, Ivailo Kehaiov, Teodore Tsolov, Lina Miyahara, Ani Petrovska, Maximus, Deyan Hristov, Benny Urquidez, Ivan Dimitrov, Elitza Rujeva, Stilyan Mavrov, Georgi Dimitrov

Director: Joshua Seftel

Director: Joshua Seftel
Screenwriter: Mark Leyner , Jeremy Pikser , John Cusack
Producer: Danny Lerner , Grace Loh , John Cusack , Les Weldon
Studio: First Look Pictures

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REVIEWS FOR WAR, INC.

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This absurdist political farce has its moments but requires a deft touch for satire ... perhaps no one could have made the uneven script work.

Full Review Source: GreenCine | comment Comment
Jul 30, 2009
Craig Phillips
Craig Phillips
GreenCine

Sophisticated political satire, ridiculous farce, black humour, spoof, intellectual game playing and comic invention

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
Feb 6, 2009
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

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.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
Oct 29, 2008
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

War, Inc. squanders some top-tier talent (Marisa Tomei, Sir Ben Kingsley) as well as our patience.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
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What is supposed to be a sharp parody is so slow, we're always several steps ahead.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Either too cartoonish, or not cartoonish enough.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
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Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Stephen Schaefer
Stephen Schaefer
Boston Herald

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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Bullz-Eye.com

This John Cusack-driven exercise in scorched-earth political comedy is neither as dark nor as timely as intended, and certainly not as funny.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Piercingly funny political satire with terrific cast is on view in this future-set story.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Boxoffice Magazine

If there's one thing a comedy needs, it's a good exit strategy.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment 1 Comment
Sep 26, 2008
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Despite flashes of comic inspiration and an abundance of anything-goes boldness, this well-intentioned but wobbly satire is a chaotic free-fire zone.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
Jul 18, 2008
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Houston Chronicle
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Nice try, but this hallucinatory polemic never jells.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment 4 Comments
Jul 14, 2008
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

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.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2008
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Only occasionally hits the target.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
Jul 3, 2008
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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While its plot aligns War, Inc. with other, higher-profile action-thrillers, its political critique is more explicit and its ad campaign more oblique.

Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Jul 3, 2008
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
NPR.org

...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.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
Jun 29, 2008
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

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.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
Jun 28, 2008
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

A film that confronts the absurdity and violence of modern warfare by taking it to the surreal and goofy next level.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
Jun 27, 2008
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian
 
 
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