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Release Date:
4 September 2008 (Israel) more
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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... more | full synopsis
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A Libertarian's take on a war satire more (96 total)

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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107 min
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This is the second time Marisa Tomei plays a character whose first name is Natalie. The first time was in In the Bedroom (2001). This is also the second time she plays a reporter in a film. The first time was in The Paper (1994). more
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Continuity: In the flashback, when Ben Kingsley's character aims his two guns at John Cusack's character in the garbage truck, he is holding his two guns with the two point fingers at the trigger. But when the camera switches, the left arm's finger isn't on the trigger anymore. more
Quotes:
GuideStar: [from Hauser's Humvee, which has been stripped, put on blocks, and torched by children because he didn't have any candy] I told you Fallaf was not a good idea, didn't I? I thought I said that. It's a no-go zone, and you went. Bad choice. Was not a good idea. more
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References My Darling Clementine (1946) more
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31 out of 52 people found the following review useful.
A Libertarian's take on a war satire, 5 June 2008
7/10
Author: Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) from Los Angeles, CA

In this satire of the commercialization and 'lightheartedness' of war, John Cusack plays Brand Hauser, an assassin sent to to 'Turaqistan' to take out Omar Sharif, who is doing some oil business that will spell trouble for the former Vice President of the US's own company. In addition to this, Hauser must juggle his fake position as a trade show producer, a wedding for pop princess Yonica (Hillary Duff), and a nosy Liberal journalist, Natalie (Marisa Tomei).

Assessing the technical aspects:

- The acting (by the main characters,at least) was good, as was to be expected. Some of John Cusack's dialogue was quite obviously not written for him as he often seemed uncomfortable saying it. . . maybe unrealistic is more accurate. Joan put forth a great, and often hilarious, performance. Marisa Tomei, while I've never been a big fan of hers, was more than suitable for the role and worked well. Hillary Duff, however, was pretty terrible. They needed an attractive Middle Eastern (or Russian, or whatever that accent was supposed to be) pop-star. Unfortunately, they went 0 for 3 with her.

- Like I said above, the writing seemed a little stiff and mismatched at points, especially John Cusack's dialogue. Not much of it, mind, but some. The story also got a bit ludicrous at points, which is fine for a satire to a point, but it took it to a whole new level here. Luckily, the Cusacks and Tomei keep a relatively cool, calm demeanor throughout, and that makes a nice even mix of the craziness of the film and the levelheadedness of the actors.

- Joshua Seftel, who previously had a drought of real credits to his name, did a fine job with a rather wide-spectrum film. He handled the small ($10 million) budget very well, stretching it to make it appear to be much more. Seftel also managed to nicely blend the humour of the story. . . with the painful and hard-to-watch parts of the real war (including slaughter of civilians, etc.).

- As far as the general satire goes, its exaggerated look on the commercializing of war is very well done, especially the 'Golden Palace Poker' ads on the U.S. tanks. At points, it becomes a little too much, but, in the end, it still accurate portrays what it's going for an a young 'Mel Brooks'-type of style.

Overall, the film is very well made for the meager budget and it's definitely worthy of a look. It won't go down as one of the great satires of cinema, but it's certainly not the worst.

7/10.

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