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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: WAR, INC. (BLURAY) (BLU-RAY DISC) EAN: 0687797121967 Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen Item Dimensions: Label: FIRST LOOK PICTURES Languages: Manufacturer: FIRST LOOK PICTURES MPN: FLPBR12196 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: FIRST LOOK PICTURES Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 14, 2008 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: FIRST LOOK PICTURES Theatrical Release Date: 2008 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: R Amazon.com: A wobbly mix of violence and sentiment, War, Inc. takes up where Grosse Pointe Blank left off. A conscience-stricken killer in the previous film, producer/co-writer Cusack now plays an international assassin. In Joshua Seftel's political satire, corporations operate like governments. In the volatile nation of Turaqistan, Cusack's hot sauce-addicted Brand Hauser sets his sights on Omar Sharif--the oil baron, not the actor (it's never clear why this is meant to be funny). As a cover, Hauser passes as the producer for an economic trade show with fellow operative Marsha (Joan Cusack) acting as his assistant. Trained by Southern smoothie Walken (Ben Kingsley) in his CIA days (depicted though flashbacks), Hauser now takes orders from an oily CEO (Grosse Pointe co-star Dan Aykroyd). Offing Sharif, however, turns out to be harder than expected. Hauser's obstacles include left-wing journalist Natalie Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei) and foul-mouthed pop tart Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff, erasing innocent images of Lizzy McGuire). Cusack and his crew come up with a few clever ideas, but too many crass gags blunt their thesis about military contractors run amok. Pitched somewhere between Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and Mike Judge's Idiocracy, War, Inc. registers as more of a miss than a hit. On the plus side, Cusack and Tomei have a snappy rapport; it's the more over-the-top performers who look out of place, especially Ms. Cusack and Kingsley, though the latter's deft turn as a boozy hit man in the overlooked You Kill Me almost makes up for this misfire. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not Funny and Not "Smart"Ok, just because this movie bashes the Bush administation doesn't make this a "smart" movie. This is a "bad" movie. it reminded me of a mix between the awful "Southland Tales" and the horrible "Home of the Brave" - except worse, because I had to shut this off not even half way through. Rating:  - You'll Love It or Hate It: Grosse Point Goes to Iraq on LSDMost people will NOT enjoy this movie, but a select few will find it provocatively funny. War, Inc. is an almost surreal blend of Dr. Strangelove, Grosse Point Blank, Fargo, Apocalypse Now, and a cerebral National Lampoon movie (if such a contradiction in terms were possible... imagine Animal House Goes to Iraq). Don't bother if you're annoyed by convoluted subplots backfilled by indiscriminate flashback scenes, or looking for a good laugh in a light romantic comedy. Despite an all ... Read More Rating: - Worst Cusack movie everYou get the point 5 minutes in. Zero funny, 100% boring. A very painful movie. Rating:  - Funny in a different wayThis is not so much a laugh out loud movie as it is a smirk and giggle movie. It is thoroughly entertaining if you accept it for what it is, a parody or satire. I always like John Cusak as a hit man for some reason, Hillary Duff making fun of popstars is somehow fitting and for the first time, I found myself wanting to smack something other than her face. She really is FINE in this movie and funny to boot. I am a contractor myself and making fun of the way we are privatizing war and companys like ... Read More Rating: - If you want to think and laugh, too...try watching this.This film was awakening, so I must give them a thumb up for trying so hard to be a part of the War in Iraq and the presidential elections, while really being a political satire moving into the mainstream of comedy in the media by challenging reality with metaphorical drama. If there were a sequel, I think that John (Brand Hauser) and Marisa should have a baby so that Hilary (Kara)can have a sibling since not everyone likes being an only child. Either way, I think John Cusack is learning more about what ... Read More |
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