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  • Actors: Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, Ben Kingsley, Joan Cusack, John Cusack
  • Directors: Joshua Seftel
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Mar 2009
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0014XVTHK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,438 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Joshua Seftel's fierce political satire features an all-star cast headed by John Cusack. Set in a fictionalized Middle East, the film takes United States foreign affairs to comic extremes in a world where corporations rule and wars are completely outsourced. At the start of the film, Turaqistan is occupied by a private American company belonging to a former American vice president (Dan Aykroyd). Cusack comes in as Brand Houser, a hit man slowly growing a conscience and doubting his chosen profession. Hired to take down one of the country's major players, Houser goes undercover as the organizer of a major conference. His title also requires that he make sure the wedding of a local pop singer (Hillary Duff) goes smoothly. While working alongside Marsha Dillon (Joan Cusack), Houser tries to handle and ward off advances from the over-sexualized, pint-sized pop idol. The addition of an intelligent, beautiful, and radical journalist named Natalie (Marisa Tomei) to the mix only makes Houser's job tougher. The more time he spends with Natalie, the more he wishes for the chance to be honest and to escape this killing game.


Packed with violence and humour, WAR, INC. works thanks to its strong leads and the romance at the heart of the film. Quirky touches include Houser's memory-triggering obsession with hot sauce, and a Wizard of Oz-like villain (Ben Kingsley) who hides behind a screen as he gives commands under the guise of constantly morphing video images of popular American celebrities. An eclectic soundtrack adds surprising whimsy and, at times, unexpected nuance. War-themed pop numbers by Duff contrast with dark ballads played as scenes of battle fill the screen. Though the plotline is intentionally overloaded and preposterous at times, viewers will find the film's statements relevant to the reality that inspired it.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars seemed familiar, 18 April 2009
By Colin Mcglinchey "colin" (Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This film is taking a real slating on other reviews and I can see why. Alot of people expected it to be Grosse Point Blank 2 and to some extent it is but it has a much more relevant message than that film ever had, namely about the free market exploitation of war and disaster. I got it thinking that it was GPB 2 and coincidentally I'm reading Naomi Kleins Shock Doctrine and a few minutes into the film the similarities struck me. Sure enough some of her reporting from 'dad forms the basis of the film, and the Marisa Tomei character I think, is meant to be Klein. The film is a bit crazy to reflect the madness in Iraq but its a very creditable take on that issue.
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4.0 out of 5 stars preety good, 24 Oct 2008
By E. FRASER "OTH FAN" (essex) - See all my reviews
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i think that this movie was pretty good, john cusack was amazing as usual. there is a great mix of themes to this movie, the comedy is presented very well by cusack, yet with that the other characters are all serious while he is taking everything with a pinch of salt. hilary duff gives a great performance, i don't usually like her work as it is very childish, but she made her character work.
i think the movie is a fun movie to watch, but you need a certain type of humour to get it.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing for a John Cusack film, 17 Jul 2009
By G. Fergus "jollyjambo" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Oh dear.

I'm a huge fan of John Cusack, I'm not sure why but I like his films. They tend to be funny and a little bit off beat. I loved Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, Pushing Tin and Identity. I even liked The Contract and Martian Child. He manages to get fantastic actors to appear in his films while at the same time finding parts for his family, particularly his sister Joan Cusack who is a fine actress.

So when I came across this film I was a bit surprised I had never heard of it. Billed as a political satire of corporate greed and the US military industrial complex, I thought this would be right up my street.

Set at some time in the near future it starts off promisingly with Cusack partially reprising his characters role from Grosse Pointe Blank along with Dan Aykroyd. We are told that major private corporations are now more powerful than governments and that one has now invaded and conquered the fictional country of Turaqistan. Now they are poised to make a fortune by rebuilding the country but the Turaqistan President is causing problems and needs to be assassinated. Cusack will perform the deed under the cover of running a US Trade Fair in the country.

Unfortunately it all just falls apart into a terrible mess. It can't make up its mind if it is a comedy or trying to be something else. The story is confused with pointless flashbacks about Cusack's family history, it chucks in stuff about a Middle Eastern female pop star that is marrying a local militia leader, a female investigative journalist, a missing child and is full of shouting soldiers, gunfire and explosions. It even has Ben Kingsley in it.

There are a few laugh out loud moments and Joan Cusack is at her scenery chewing best for a little bit of the movie. Despite this it is still a dogs dinner of a film and just doesn't work.

It is very disappointing and one only for those who have to see all John Cusack's films.

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