Comments on: War, Inc. Trailer Online

By: GBC

GBC — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:01:32 +0000

I saw a screener copy of this last night. It is a reasonably funny, if not too subtle, satire on modern war, private military contractors and the US involvement in Iraq. My main criticism would be that it is very similar to Grosse Point Blank.

However, without revealing any spoilers, I would say it is worth the price of entry alone for the Steven Seagal mention later in the film. Even though it is only a few seconds long, that scene had me rolling around laughing in agreement as it is something that I have been thinking for some time now.

On balace, I think it is worth checking out but don’t expect anything earth-shatteringly original…

By: PADTHAI

PADTHAI — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:50:33 +0000

please go here, amazon has this listed for sale on July 1.
http://tinyurl.com/3rhctg

By: GODFATHER

GODFATHER — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:39:24 +0000

NICE! This actually looks quite funny and light hearted. Would be a fun night out, I thinks…

Now, is it just me, or does Marisa Tomei get better and better looking in subsequent roles?

By: Burgertime

Burgertime — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:22:44 +0000

It’s basically Gross Point Blank meets Dr. Strangelove, but they never really meet. The whole spoof of Haliburton and Iraq provides a lot of sight gags but really is just in the background. The main plot is about Cusack as an unfulfilled hitman looking for love and family, but the main actors and the plot play it straight and never really blend with the over the top, absurdist setting.

They spent a lot of money on this thing though. There are some fighting and war scenes that will rival any action movie out there.

By: Reed

Reed — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:00:22 +0000

I was gonna say that the fact that this film has been flying under the radar despite the big names, probably means that it’s not any good. Misplayed satire is almost always a disaster. I agree, Rodney, that the trailer looks like it might have some potential. But Padthai’s info above screams “run away.”

By: PADTHAI

PADTHAI — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:39:33 +0000

This movie is going direct to dvd, it’s getting released on July 1, 2008.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:40:51 +0000

Ya it doesn’t look that good Hilary Duff’s accent was cutting it in the one scene but we will have to wait and see. Why are all the related videos at the end having to do with Hilary Duff? just curious.

By: JoJo

JoJo — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:05:32 +0000

I think it looks awful, and it apparently had some absolutely disastrous screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival recently.