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Release Date:
4 September 2008 (Israel)
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Tagline:
When it comes to war...America means business more
Plot:
A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President...
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Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Razzie winners!
(From The Hollywood News. 22 February 2009, 7:34 PM, PST)
Duff Takes On Bonnie And Clyde
(From WENN. 27 January 2009, 11:40 PM, PST)
(From The Hollywood News. 22 February 2009, 7:34 PM, PST)
Duff Takes On Bonnie And Clyde
(From WENN. 27 January 2009, 11:40 PM, PST)
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A Funny and Topical satire.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Cusack | ... | Brand Hauser | |
| Hilary Duff | ... | Yonica Babyyeah | |
| Marisa Tomei | ... | Natalie Hegalhuzen | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Marsha Dillon | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Mr. Vice President | |
| Sergej Trifunovic | ... | Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini | |
| Ned Bellamy | ... | Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini / Zubleh | |
| John McLaughlin | ... | Himself | |
| Montel Williams | ... | GuideStar Voice (voice) | |
| Ben Kingsley | ... | Walken / The Viceroy | |
| Lyubomir Neikov | ... | Omar Sharif (as Lubomir Neikov) | |
| Nikolay Stanoev | ... | Bhodi Bhundhang (as Nikolai Stanoev) | |
| George Zlatarev | ... | Director | |
| Bashar Rahal | ... | Video Guy #1 | |
| Velislav Pavlov | ... | Video Guy #2 (as Vesilav Pavlov) |
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Also Known As:
Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief sexual material.
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Runtime:
107 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #43117) |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-15 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Argentina:16 |
UK:15 |
Hungary:16 |
France:U
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The An-12B airplane shown at the beginning and end of the movie is owned and operated by Bright Aviation Services, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Along with some other Bulgarian freight carriers, they are banned from operating in Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and the European Union countries because of their safety record.
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Continuity: When Bhodi Bhundhang's gang of thugs attack in the castle during the interview, one of the thugs holding an AK-47 loses his hat when attacked, but in the next scene his hat is back on his head, right before he is thrown in a table.
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Quotes:
Brand Hauser:
[to Walken] It's going to be hard... to torture someone who's mostly dead... but I'm gonna try... to enjoy it.
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Movie Connections:
References "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (1964)
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Soundtrack:
Suicide Nation
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Why Hilary Duff?Is this a sequel to Grosse Pointe Blank?
Is this movie based on a true story?
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In War, Inc we find the logical extension of the current outsourcing of all war-related activities we are currently doing in Afghanistan and Iraq. If you are familiar with the antics of Halliburton, Kellogg, Brown & Root and Blackwater overseas you are already halfway home to fully appreciating the satire of Cusack's latest piece. Cusack plays a corporate hit-man named Brand Hauser who finds himself in Turiquistan organizing a trade show in the newly liberated country as his cover while waiting to get access to his latest target. While there he finds himself intrigued by the anti-establishment reporter played by Marisa Tomei and pursued by the over-sexualized pop star played by Hilary Duff. We are introduced to Hauser's past, which includes a tragedy that has haunted him ever since and the corporate assistant named Marsha Dillon who actually is running the entire operation for him (and played hilariously by Joan Cusack). While some moments are played suitably over the top, they aren't always the moments you expect and the little touches often catch you by surprise. All the principals turn in solid performances. Duff's accent comes and goes but otherwise she does a very nice job and goes a long way to dispel her Disney image. Tomei is funny but understated while the Cusack's own nearly every scene they are in. To be fair, they are given good material. The writers turn in a good script with enough twists and turns and visual gags to keep you giggling throughout all the way to the predictable conclusion. In fact, the predictability of the end is the only thing that keeps me from rating it higher as the story twists and turns it's way to the expected conclusion.
If you like your comedy broad and physical, there is probably not enough here to keep you interested the entire movie. On the other hand, if you like sly comedy and broad satire, this is for you.