War, Inc. (2008)

Director:

Joshua Seftel

Writers (WGA):

Mark Leyner (written by) &
Jeremy Pikser (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 August 2008 (Russia)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

When it comes to war...America means business

Plot:

A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Aykroyd)...

Cast

John Cusack	...	Brand Hauser
Joan Cusack	...	Marsha Dillon
Marisa Tomei	...	Natalie Hegalhuzen
Hilary Duff	...	Yonica Babyyeah
Ben Kingsley	...	Walken
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Aykroyd	...	The Vice President
Ned Bellamy	...	Zubleh / Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini
Velizar Binev	...	German Businessman
Shirly Brener	...	Hauser's Wife
Marc Casabani	...	Various (voice)
Ben Cross	...	Medusa Hair
Doug Dearth	...	Geoff
Itai Diakov	...	Boy
Georgi Gatzov	...	Soundman
Nick Harvey	...	Preacher
Lyubomir Neikov	...	Omar
Rachel O'Meara	...	Implanted Reporter
Velislav Pavlov	...	Video guy #2
Bashar Rahal	...	Video Guy #1
Joost Scholte	...	Cashier
Stanimir Stamatov	...	Posse guy
Sergej Trifunovic	...	Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini
Montel Williams	...	GuideStar
George Zlatarev	...	Director

Also Known As:

Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexual material.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boyana Film, Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

New Crime Productions

Trivia:

John Cusack first became interested in making the film when he read Naomi Klein's 2004 article "Baghdad Year Zero".

Don't even bother

This is a terrible film, poor directing, script, and cast.It was like someone was trying to make a modern remake of "Catch 22",but failed.The comedy sucked, the satire sucked, everything sucked.I hope whoever wrote the script is out of a job, along with anyone else involved.Cusak does his best to carry the film, as lets face it hes not going to turn down a million bucks just because its s**t.This could have been good, the general concept is sound, just not the execution.But i will be making a note of the director, and writers so i can steer clear in future.I felt sorry for Dan Aykroyd and Joan Cusack , two comedy greats put to shame in this debacle.And how they ever got Ben Kingsley to be in it i don't know.This film is everything thats wrong with Hollywood at the moment, I'm just glad European films are carrying the team.Looking at past projects of the writers and director will tell you all you need to know, they have never done anything good.Please i beg you don't watch this film, because if i see this win an award, i do not think i could take it.So many bad films win awards these days despite, everyone thought it sucked.Just because a lot of people watch a film does not mean its good.