War Machine (2017) is the latest Netflix original film directed by Australian director David Michod (director of the excellent The Rover). This fictionalized film is based on a Rolling Stone article and subsequent book by Michael Hastings about the 2010 firing of David McChyrstal in Afghanistan for the negative exposure from the Rolling Stone article that led to the dismissal. Brad Pitt plays the McChyrstal-like Glen McMahon with a strange growl. I suspect that this Michod's first comedy, because it is a satire but it is not particularity funny, however, extremely topical and visually competent. It has gotten mixed reviews and I can completely understand why, but I did find it entertaining on some levels.
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