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Theme: Movies 5.9 and under on IMDB
Satire is hard to do and when you have so much to say about war, the sexualization of pop-stars, western influence over eastern culture and the assault of media advertisements. That's a lot to tackle and when you try to cram it into a film you've got yourself a film that doesn't know how to balance itself. War, Inc suffers from this tremendously and it was hard for me to find my footing in the right tone this movie wanted me in.
Yes, War, Inc has a tone issue. Sometimes it's serious as we see dozens of people being slaughtered by the American army, who are high on the thrill of killing and powdered caffeine Then sometimes it becomes a parody as journalists are given the action ride experience of seeing propaganda and they full-on act out being shot because the film and movements of the seats are so immersive. There is a little too much going on and too many horrible accents that take you out of the experience. Ben Kingsly has an over the top Texan drawl that was pretty funny when he laughs. His scenes are few and far between and poorly done mostly in flashbacks. There's also Hilary Duff doing God knows what and her storyline almost reaches Oldboy levels of absurdity.
This is a classic case of great ideas, mediocre execution.
War, Inc
Theme: Movies 5.9 and under on IMDB
Satire is hard to do and when you have so much to say about war, the sexualization of pop-stars, western influence over eastern culture and the assault of media advertisements. That's a lot to tackle and when you try to cram it into a film you've got yourself a film that doesn't know how to balance itself. War, Inc suffers from this tremendously and it was hard for me to find my footing in the right tone this movie wanted me in.
Yes, War, Inc has a tone issue. Sometimes it's serious as we see dozens of people being slaughtered by the American army, who are high on the thrill of killing and powdered caffeine Then sometimes it becomes a parody as journalists are given the action ride experience of seeing propaganda and they full-on act out being shot because the film and movements of the seats are so immersive. There is a little too much going on and too many horrible accents that take you out of the experience. Ben Kingsly has an over the top Texan drawl that was pretty funny when he laughs. His scenes are few and far between and poorly done mostly in flashbacks. There's also Hilary Duff doing God knows what and her storyline almost reaches Oldboy levels of absurdity.
This is a classic case of great ideas, mediocre execution.