War, Inc.

(USA, 2007, 107 minutes)

In a near future where wars are outsourced by the American government to multinational companies, a contract killer arrives in Turaqistan to kill an oil minister but finds himself babysitting both a nosy reporter and a sultry popstar. Dismally unfunny, bargain-basement satire that wastes the assembled talent and has its heart but little else in the right place.

A Millennium Films/New Crime Productions presentation/production. Starring John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Sergej Trifunovic, Ned Bellamy, John McLaughlin, Montel Williams; and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Joshua Seftel; produced by John Cusack, Grace Loh, Les Weldon, Danny Lerner; written by Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser and John Cusack; music by David Robbins; director of photography (Boyana Film Laboratory/Fotokem), Zoran Popovic; production designer, Miljen "Kreka" Kljakovic; costume designer, Vicki Graef; film editor, Michael Berenbaum.