War, Inc.
	Rating
	Type	Video On Demand
	Audience Rating	R (Restricted)
	Release Date	2009-03-20
	Actor	John Cusack; Hilary Duff; Marisa Tomei; Joan Cusack; Dan Aykroyd;
	Director	Joshua Seftel;
	Length	107 minutes
	Price	Item currently not available
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Description
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 the war-torn nation proposes, the corporation's CEO hires a troubled hit man, played by John Cusack, to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now, struggling together 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 Middle Eastern pop star, and keeping a sexy left wing reporter (Marisa Tomei) in check.
Customer Reviews
War is heck.   2010-07-28
By cloud nine (ca.)
I ordered this DVD though this Amazon seller and I am very pleased w/both of them! Ron
Save your time and money   2010-07-09
By Thomas Meierhoff (Wisconsin)
My wife and I have loved almost everything John Cusack has ever done. On the strength of that alone we will watch his stuff when it comes out. But given the star power in this movie it was a must see. The advertising made it sound as though Cusack was reprising his role from Grosse Pointe Blank as the introspective, edgy hitman looking to bring sense into his chaotic life and restore his karma to balance. Throughout the movie (which took three sittings to get all the way through) I kept waiting for some bit of Martin Blank to resurface. When that seemed to much to hope for I waited for the funny part to begin, which I was sure Cusack would deliver. When that failed to appear I began to wait for the part where the plot would move along to some engaging point that would keep me entertained through the remainder of the film. It never came. I know Cusack has some very typical Hollywood left leanings, that's fine. I know it is popular in Hollywood to bash the military. Fine, that's your right to do so. But others have done it in ways that were entertaining and worthwhile. Kubrick's classic Full Metal Jacket certainly displayed much of what is wrong with the military and the absurdity of warfare in general, and at the same time was wildly entertaining. (Being a former Marine I can also say it is the closest thing to a real representation of boot camp in that era I have ever seen in film, as well.) However, this movie was over the top in it's approach, so much so that the jokes and supposed "funny bits" were just vapid and sophmoric at best, and at worst, down right demeaning to both the actors, the audience and the real life people they are supposed to be lampooning. I can't beleive the fine actors in this movie actually read the script before sigining on to make this movie. The scene with the soldiers wacked out on drugs killing everything that moved comes to mind as one of the worst scenes in the movie. Was that supposed to be satire? Or does someone out there think that is an accurate reflection of actual combat soldiers? Like I said I kept waiting for the stars in this movie to shine, but I think a previous reviewer had it correct with Samuel L Jackson's quote. All the syrup in the world won't hide the bad taste this p.o.s. will leave in your mouth. Wow, the more I think back the more I feel like this may actually be the worst movie I have ever seen. Don't make the same mistake I made, save your time and money.
War, Inc.   2010-03-25
By Arnita D. Brown (USA)
A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President. In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires a troubled hit man, to kill a Middle East 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 an outrageous Middle Eastern pop star, and keeping a sexy left wing reporter in check. This is an old-fashioned comedy, with a ridiculously plot twists, fun performances by John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei and Hillary Duff) and a straightforward approach to the political content. That's all, and it works. It's simple light comedy with a political edge.
Really grows on you   2010-03-11
By toughcrowd
I was disappointed the first time I watched this movie, but it has really grown on me. It has a surreal, tortured quality that is really punched up by Cusack's typical constricted ("constricted," as in affectively constricted, not as in "bad") delivery. There are some wonderful scenes, like Cusack taking a laundry delivery in the midst of a firefight, or his explanation of why he drinks hot pepper sauce, or Dan Aykroyd's rendition of a Dick Cheney character. As political commentary, this satire strikes close to literal truth. The day may not be far off when we have a 100% outsourced war.
You can pull your pants back, up they are done.   2010-02-01
By D. CO
This move is not funny in the least. It just goes to show you that famous names without a script or good story still leaves you with a WTF? feeling. Better yet Sam L. Jackson said it best "Just Cause you pour syrup on S_IT don't make it Pancakes" And that is what this is syrupy S_IT that they tried to feed our eyes and ears in the form of a movie. The action was below average even by low budget standards. The comedy was absent. The acting is an all time low save Ms. Tomie. Your are left with the feeling of somebody screwed you but forgot to include the fun part of the act. The story(if it can be called such a thing)is dumb as all outdoors. I have seen Bonus disc with more to offer than this feature film.I could have been doing something that offered me a chance at having more fun and excitement, like changing dirty diapers on an upset adult gorilla 2hrs after feeding, Or powerwalk a few miles in you "I LOVE U.S.A".in Afghanistan or Iraq. I guess you get the picture, just don't get this picture. It's the worst.