15 Great War Movies (Nobody Ever Talks About)
13. War Inc
Released in 2008 and barely seen outside of the indie festival circuit, War Inc would be as beloved a cult curio as the likes of Grosse Point Blank and Hot Tub Time Machine in a more just world.
Not unlike the widely derided Southland Tales, this daring, John Cusack-starring war on terror satire deserved a far better reception for its bitter and bracing wit than it received. Yes, the story of an amoral arms dealer deciding to grow a soul and rebel against his corporate employers at the worst possible moment had been territory already traveled by the earlier Lord of War.
But technically Cusack's character is an assassin, not a gun runner. Besides, that satire didn't have a playing against type Hilary Duff as an amoral pop princess, did it?