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Title: Good idea + bad script = Bad movie.
Review: John Cusack plays a sort of mercenary for Tamerlane, a company headed by the ex-Vice President of the US. Tamerlane is establishing itself i Turaqistan, after the US has invaded and "freed" the country. Cusack is hired to take out a man named Omar Sharif, who plans to build a pipeline through the country, thus destroying Tamerlane's plans to do so.The movie starts out as a clever satire of how American companies, often with ties to the government, profit from the war on terror. I wanted to like the movie and after the first ten minutes or so I thought I would. But it doesn't take long before the story completely loses its focus. It seems to be heading in all sorts of direction but doesn't go anywhere, all the while taking itself too seriously, forgetting to be funny. After an hour or so I had lost all my interest and was waiting for the movie to end.War, Inc. was a good idea wasted on a bad script. I wanted to like it but I didn't. Not recommended.
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