War, Inc.

2008 "When it comes to war... America means business"
5.5| 1h46m| R| en
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In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has taken over. Brand Hauser, a hitman who suppresses his emotions by gobbling down hot sauce, is hired by the corporation's head to kill the CEO of their competitors.

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Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
SanteeFats John Cusack and his sister seem to reprise their roles to a certain extent from Grosse Point Blank. He is an assassin and she is his apparent control/secretary. The movie is a serio-comedic movie with a lot of action that takes place in some foreign raghead country. I did not even recognize Hillary Duff as the semi-slut, foul mouthed, raghead pop star. I will say she did look good even with the long dark hair. While her body is still excellent her acting is okay at best in this one. She is nice eye candy but not a great actress at this time. I could not figure out if Tamerlane was a US backed entity or not. But then I did not pay a whole lot of attention to the movie as I was playing on line poker.
hale1d Exceeding shallow, contrived leftest parody of the US war on terror. Very predictable plot with the actors just moving through the endless 106 minutes of this with no life or feeling. No real plot or story ark. Just constant easy, shallow jabs at the US armed forces and the US actions in the mid-east. Typical jump-on-the-bandwagon, hate America stuff that some in Hollywood think is great social commentary.In short - not funny - not engaging - not well acted - really not well written.As I stated in my summary... Simply crap.
Sirus_the_Virus War Inc. is a funny but strange film. The actors are likable, the film is likable also, but I don't know how to describe the plot. I will go into the plot later on. This is a movie with some weird casting choices. Besides John Cusack as a hit-man, which we saw years ago in Grosse Point blank which I liked. Here we have Hilary Duff playing a Russian pop star named Yonica Babyya or something like that. Her character is odd. There is a scene where she sticks a scorpion down her pants. And hits on Hauser(Cusack). There is a twist in the end involving the two characters. It makes sense.That is the only casting choice I am going into. Cause it just plain strange. The whole movie is strange. But at times incredibly funny and I was never bored. Here we have some of the best actors out there. Excluding Miss Duff. She ain't great. But here we have John Cusack, Marisa Tomeii, Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley. See what I mean?This is the story of a hit-man named Hauser(Cusack). He is sent down to some Middle Eastern city to put a hit on an oil man named Omar Sheriif(not the actor). While trying to deal with his own personal problems, he has to help out the wedding of a popstar(played by Hilary Duff). And he falls in love with a news reporter(played by Marisa Tomeii). There is a thing about the popstar though. Hauser is disgusted by her. There is a scene where she is singing a song to him and afterwards he throws up.The twist in the end of the film reveals kind of why. The thing about the twist is that I did kind of see it coming. But that doesn't matter. This is a strange, funny, and entertaining comedy. I love most of the actors. So really, how could I not recommend it?War,Inc.:3.5/5
JoeytheBrit This really didn't work at all for me. I like John Cusack, he's a talented actor - but his choice of film roles is sometimes questionable. He co-produced this one and also had a hand in the writing, so I guess he's got to take his share of the blame for turning what could have been a sharp satire into a turgid, vaguely confusing drama.Cusack plays Brand Hauser, a hit-man of a future in which corporations are hired by nations to fight their wars for them. Thus, we see tanks trundling into battle with posters for Golden Palace Casino pasted to their sides. Sadly, that's about as cutting as the satire gets, and as the story unfolds, spending way too much time focusing on the non-romance of Hauser and journalist Marisa Tomei, the number of missed opportunities keeps mounting until they reach an embarrassingly high quotient.The film has a few moments where it briefly comes to life, but they're few and far between. Cusack gives a typically solid performance, while big sister Joan steals all her scenes in a calculatedly over-the-top performance.