War, Inc.

War, Inc. is the latest offering of John Cusack as actor, co-writer, and co-producer. It is actually an absurd political satire set in an imaginary place called Turaqistan. A former vice president of the United States (Dan Aykroyd) hires Brand Hauser (John Cusack) as a mercenary or a hit man for a war profiteering company. Moreover, the film is futuristic in nature and the main characters tend to carry as much acerbic wit as possible in the scenes.

It felt strange watching the entire film and this may not be the typical politics-oriented film you can expect. As usual but prolific as ever, John Cusack portrayed his intelligence and knack for some action scenes without stuntmen.

The movie also stars Ben Kingsley as Walken, Joan Cusack as Hauser's assistant Marsha Dillon, Marisa Tomei as the reporter Natalie Hegalhuzen, and Hilary Duff as the interesting Yonica Babyyeah who turns out to be Hauser's long lost child.

Political satire at its finest, I think War, Inc. deserves to be in the league of the experimental films which can either surprise or bore an ordinary audience. My take on this film is simple as I was fortunately trained under the liberal arts.  It is a strange movie to me but it does bring out the main platform of the story.

War, Inc. is rated R for violence, language, and brief sexual material.