Storyline
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.
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Cast
Nicholas Jones, Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt, Ben Kingsley, Alan Ruck, Topher Grace, Josh Stewart, Mirrah Foulkes, Aymen Hamdouchi, Andrew Byron, Tilda Swinton, Sian Thomas, Will Poulter, Tim Downie, Anthony Michael Hall, Meg Tilly, Emory Cohen, Griffin Dunne, Elham Ehsas, Scoot McNairy, Daniel Wyllie, Richard Glover, John Magaro, Sean Power, Kick Gurry, Lakeith Stanfield, Ben Peel, Aykut Hilmi, Pico Alexander, Hassani Shapi, RJ Cyler, Rufus Wright, Gillian Jones, Anthony Hayes, Derek Siow, Justin Rosniak, Daniel Betts, Hopper Jack Penn, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Kola Bokinni, Paolo Gasparini, Simon Werner, Reggie Brown, Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Georgina Rylance, Abdul Whahab, Josh McConville, Daniel Fritz, Mohammadi Gul, Abdul Salam, Nezar Alderazi, Orli Shuka, Tara D'Arquian
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Reviews
90
War Machine is the first of Australian filmmaker Michod's three films...to have a dominant sense of humor. What unites it with its predecessors is Michod's fierce intelligence and formidable directing skill.
70
The film's scabrous, sometimes arch, other times spot-on critique ultimately comes together in an effective finale that retroactively puts a better light on the entire film than might have seemed possible during some of the earlier, rougher moments.
67
The movie veers from the broad doomsday satire of the “Dr. Strangelove” variety to a more subtle portrait of institutional failure, and doesn’t always succeed at modulating its tones, but it’s nevertheless a searing critique.
50
This satire boasts plenty of ideas but is only occasionally compelling.
50
Slant Magazine
Writer-director David Michôd's film renders existential crises of American entitlement dull and tedious.
