Brad Pitt remains an actor worth watching. He can be compelling and enjoyable even when he finds himself playing a disappointing character in a lackluster movie, and this is precisely what occurs in writer-director David Michôd's War Machine, which launches on Netflix on May 26th.
The movie, which is "inspired" by Michael Hastings's non-fiction work, The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan, is seemingly meant to be a dark comedy. Instead, however, it plays out as a hollow, not terribly funny, drama, offering the tale of four-star General Glen McMahon (Pitt), his staff, and the impossible job they were given of turning around the war in Afghanistan in 2009.
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The movie, which is "inspired" by Michael Hastings's non-fiction work, The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan, is seemingly meant to be a dark comedy. Instead, however, it plays out as a hollow, not terribly funny, drama, offering the tale of four-star General Glen McMahon (Pitt), his staff, and the impossible job they were given of turning around the war in Afghanistan in 2009.
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