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The Pentagon Wars

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Col. James G. Burton (Cary Elwes) protests government waste and poor decisions in the development of a troop carrier.

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Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 6/10 Jun 3, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Corruption in the Government? Who would have thunk it! Military leaders made bad decisions and tried to cover it up and then punished the man who exposed it. Acting is good, but the cinematic movie quality has aged. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Audience Member Director Richard Benjamin, HBO films, and executive produced by Danny Devito makes a satirical political war drama starring Kelsey Grammar, Viola Davis, Cary Elwes, and Olympia Dukakis General Patridge is brought before the courts to explain his weapons system Flash back earlier $14 billion is invested in the government's transport vehicle , The Bradley Fighter So he hires outsider colonel James Burton to observe the testing Soon though he finds corruption and inefficiency at the Pentagon The higher ups constantly want the most efficient transport vehicle even if it means adding on feature after feature that could compromise itself Nobody shapes nature the way we do, the Pentagon isn't a charity, men should always come first not cash flow This film ends up being too long and is more about the butting heads of two officials wanting their version of a fighter vehicle to be on the battlefield But makes a silly light hearted look into incompetence in the U.S. military ranks when it comes to making efficient weapons Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Steve D Cheap in ever single part of the production. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member The Pentagon Wars approaches the topic of government corruption and incompetence in the U.S. military in a silly and humorous fashion, painting a wonderful juxtaposition of making light of a serious matter. Kelsey Grammar is stellar in his portrayal and steals the show from the very beginning. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a good insight into the military industrial complex's incopentency and the 'Designed by committee' stuff which seems to be rampant when developing militarily equipment. I'd recommend watching at least once. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A really great movie with a lot of awesome humor and delivery. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Col. James G. Burton (Cary Elwes) protests government waste and poor decisions in the development of a troop carrier.
Director
Richard Benjamin
Producer
Howard Meltzer
Production Co
Home Box Office (HBO)
Rating
R, TV-MA (L)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 44m
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