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War Machine’s 2nd Trailer Gives You an Even Better Idea of the Absurdity of the War in Afghanistan

May 10, 2017

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David Michôd‘s War Machine, the dark comedy about the long U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, just got another trailer and it looks, sounds, and feels like a wartime comedy straight from the pen of Armando Iannucci (i.e. it looks pretty damn good).

This new trailer gives a glimpse into the sharp, almost too close to home humor and the reveling in absurdity of the situation that perhaps this story deserves.

Look for War Machine to start streaming on Netflix near the end of the month on May 26th.

War Machine Trailer Has Brad Pitt as a General Trying His Darndest to Solve the U.S. Presence in Afghanistan

March 30, 2017

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Give a watch to the trailer to David Michôd’s latest War Machine that follows a well-meaning general trying to make sense of what the U.S. was doing remaining in Afghanistan. Of course, anything dealing with foreign policy is relevant these days, but we’re getting a sense of deliciously wry satire in this film.

We know this might a stretch, but may this, mostly because of Brad Pitt starring in the lead role of a geopolitical dark comedy, be a spiritual sequel of sorts to Burn After Reading?

War Machine starts streaming on Netflix on Friday, May 26th, 2017.

Satirical War Comedy “War Machine” Starring Brad Pitt Headed to Netflix

June 8, 2015

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(via Deadline)

You knew that Netflix was going to get into features and this is a pretty good way to start.

Based on the book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War In Afghanistan by Michael Hastings, Brad Pitt will star in War Machine as a General that takes after real life former Gen. Stanley McChrystal. As it will be written and directed by David Michod whose resume includes such dark dramas like The Rover, you can expect this to go stark and dark with its comedy.

Netflix will distribute the movie in 2016 after its theatrical run. By that time, we wonder if more war and comedy will continue to cross paths like they have with The Brink and Aloha.