Synopsis
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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Cast
- John CusackBrand Hauser
- Hilary DuffYonica Babyyeah
- Marisa TomeiNatalie Hegalhuzen
- Joan CusackMarsha Dillon
- Dan AykroydMr. Vice President
- Sergej TrifunovićOoq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini
- Ned BellamyOoq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini / Zubleh
- John McLaughlinHimself
- Montel WilliamsGuideStar Voice (voice)
- Ben KingsleyWalken / The Viceroy
Recommandations
- 75
Christian Science Monitor
It's a bewildering mix of very smart and very dumb, but the cast, which also features a hilarious Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley, Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd as the Cheney-esque ex-vice president, and Hilary Duff as a Turaqistan airhead pop star, is tiptop. - 63
USA Today
Screwball, vaguely futuristic political satires are a rare hybrid, and War, Inc. is an intriguing, if flawed, example. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
The trouble with this satirical take US involvement in Iraq, penned by Mark Leyner, John Cusack and Jeremy Pikser, is that the real thing is equally absurd and only marginally less funny. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The ambitions and intentions of War, Inc., co-written by and starring John Cusack, are laudable, but the film is a nearly complete misfire. - 40
Variety
A blackly comic take on the first totally outsourced war? We're too close to being in one right now, which makes this John Cusack vehicle too close for comfort. It's also so close to being funny you can just about taste it -- just about. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Antiwar, anti-Bush, anti-corporate, yet neither as progressive nor half as funny as the "Harold and Kumar" sequel, War, Inc. squanders some top-tier talent (Marisa Tomei, Sir Ben Kingsley) as well as our patience. - 40
New York Daily News
Has TOO much happening, which befits a comedy with a lot of targets but ultimately makes the whole operation scattershot. - 30
The New York Times
War, Inc. is gonzo moviemaking with a bleeding heart. A satirical farce that wants to be "Dr. Strangelove" for the age of terrorism, it is a zany, nihilistic free-for-all that goes soft.
